weird C6 interior light problem
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From: Spring TX
weird C6 interior light problem
Tonight the lights on the bottom of the mirror would not shut of in my 2006 Coupe. After trying several other ideas, including driving the car, locking with the fob, opening and closing the doors, hood, and hatch, I finally disconnected the battery (negative terminal). After reconnecting the battery, the car seemed "happy" and let the mirror lights turn off.
I had tried driving the car but the lights would not shut off. Very annoying that the buttons on the bottom of the mirror were being totally ignored by the car. Some things really need a hard switch.
I had tried driving the car but the lights would not shut off. Very annoying that the buttons on the bottom of the mirror were being totally ignored by the car. Some things really need a hard switch.
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It does have a hard switch that may have gotten bumped as you last got out of the car. It's the one that dims the instruments. Just give it a push. 
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Originally Posted by railgun
Very annoying that the buttons on the bottom of the mirror were being totally ignored by the car. Some things really need a hard switch.
3 different hard switches. Two on the bottom of the mirror, one on the dash.
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Hey, I've read the manual several times (before I got the car though). However, it was 3 AM and that little bit of information escaped me. That switch is not a hard switch though, because disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery fixed the problem.
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Originally Posted by wanta06
It does have a hard switch that may have gotten bumped as you last got out of the car. It's the one that dims the instruments. Just give it a push.
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Had a similar problem with the lights. Was driving in the day time and just happened to look under the mirror and notice the interior lights on??? 
Pushed the Dim Switch and the lights went off. Very odd, as the bottom buttons had not been touched.
Pushed the Dim Switch and the lights went off. Very odd, as the bottom buttons had not been touched.
