HELP It Won't Turn Off
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Le Mans Master
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From: Somewhere Texas
HELP It Won't Turn Off
Came back from eating out yesterday and parked it in the garage like I always do. My Wife came in after feeding the Horses and asked me if the green light on the button you use to start the car was supposed to be on. I went out and sure enough it was on, along with the interior lights. After trying everything I could think of, I disconacted the battery and then re-conected it. Did not work. The car is sitting in the garage now with the battery disconected. A couple of weeks ago I experienced DBS, now this. Anybody else out there have the same experience? 
Anyway, I hope everyone out there in Corvette land has a MERRY CHRISTMAS
TRR
Anyway, I hope everyone out there in Corvette land has a MERRY CHRISTMAS
TRR
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Le Mans Master
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From: Somewhere Texas
Originally Posted by ZeusC6
I think you might have turned on the courtesy lights with the switch on the left side of the dash, just press it in..
Without these problems, the car is the best Corvette I have ever owned. I think it might be a little too high tech.TRR
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From: Spicewood, Texas, USA TX-Texas
This happened to me once because I accidently turned the courtesy lights on or a map light on (I've done both). I can't remember which actually solved the problem. The issue is complicated by the fact that the interior lights do not turn off immediately when you close the door, even when they are being operated normally by the door switch. You have to wait around to see if it's going to lock (7-8 seconds), and it takes a little trial and error to see if the lights are going to shut off automatically. The best policy is to not walk away until you find the source of the problem.
A good way to verify proper lock/alarm set operation is to use the manual lock button on the FOB. If the green light on the ignition switch remains on after you (attempt to) manually lock the car, you have some interior lights turned on...the car is set up to think you are IN the car when the interior lights are on, therefore the green light doesn't go out. Well, I guess it's SUPPOSED to time out eventually without running the battery down, but I never put it to the test.
A good way to verify proper lock/alarm set operation is to use the manual lock button on the FOB. If the green light on the ignition switch remains on after you (attempt to) manually lock the car, you have some interior lights turned on...the car is set up to think you are IN the car when the interior lights are on, therefore the green light doesn't go out. Well, I guess it's SUPPOSED to time out eventually without running the battery down, but I never put it to the test.
Last edited by JmpnJckFlsh; Dec 25, 2005 at 01:12 PM.
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From: Sedalia Missouri
Originally Posted by ZeusC6
I think you might have turned on the courtesy lights with the switch on the left side of the dash, just press it in..
Thats what happened to me a while back and I needed to ask for help. I don't know how I could of hit that switch but somehow I did. At least that was my problem.
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St. Jude Donor '06
I had the identical problem. Took a hour to figure it out. I had opened the truck earlier that day and even though it looked latched, it wasn't. The minute I re-closed the trunk everything ran as normal and I was able to get the map lights and ignition button off. Try it.
--Mike
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I had a similar problem with my 06. I wrapped the fobs in tin foil and put them as far away in the house as I could, etc. After resetting the map lights, both doors and the hatch, it finally went to "sleep".
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Le Mans Master
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From: Somewhere Texas
Originally Posted by mj_duell
I had the identical problem. Took a hour to figure it out. I had opened the truck earlier that day and even though it looked latched, it wasn't. The minute I re-closed the trunk everything ran as normal and I was able to get the map lights and ignition button off. Try it.
--Mike
--Mike
Thanks, that's what happened. I had the top off and when I put it back on, I must not have closed the hatch good enough. I'm glad you read the whole post. It seems a few thought that I had just left the inside lights on.
TRR
