My dome light doesn't turn off!

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:29 pm

I just finished installing my system the other day, Kicker CompVR 12s and Kicker 750.1 amp, and only messed with the wires attached to my receiver. Now, everytime I get out of the car my dome light and other interior lights stay on, no matter if I turn them off or not. Sometimes they will shut off when I start the car and drive around, but I park it and the lights come back on. I drive an 1993 Grand Prix, does anyone know how to fix this problem? Anyone with some help would be greatly appreciated, thanks. I don't want to have to jump my car every morning to enjoy my music.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:38 pm

Does it stay on the whole night or will it turn off eventually? I don't think I have ever had this problem, my trucks done light stays on for awhile sometimes, but will turn off after about 10 min or so.

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:40 pm

I sat in my friends house for 3 hours and I came out and it was still on, and its currently been on for the last two hours out in my driveway:S

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:51 pm

hhmm, and you are postive nothing ran off your stock HU? You might wanna look up a wiring diagram of your car and see if it has anything to do that.

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:59 pm

I'm pretty sure nothing ran off my stock head unit because I replaced that over a year ago. Its not always on, the other night it was off until I started the car, then it came on. And today while getting gas it turned off, but came back on when I parked it after driving around. When the light is off my dimmer switch works correctly, but when its on my switch has no control over it.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:03 pm

Ya that sounds like my trucks dome light...but mine has an automatic turn off if it's on to long. Try pullin the fuse everynight

or get a new one. My problem goes away after 10 min so I've never had to worry. Do a search on yahoo for dome lightage...see if you can find someone that had the same problem with that same car and see if that helps.

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:15 pm

Okay, thanks. Yes, I've been searching on google for solutions and will attempt some of them in the morning because I'm to tired right now, but hopefully I don't have to disconnect battery/pull fuse everynight. Hah, I guess better than jumping every morning though. Thanks for the help and time High Society, hopefully someone by morning will have gone through the same thing with a similar vehicle and provide me with an answer.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:28 pm

^^I'm sure of that, these guys "know it all"......or so they say :)

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:34 am

i had a 91 cav way back that did the same thing so i switched the fuse, i tested for the hot side of the fuse, used a blown fuse with a pair of fuse taps so i could tap both sides of the blown fuse, then installed an inline fuse and put a toggle in there so i could turn it on if i wanted to...i never found out what actually caused the problem, i figure it had to do with whatever controls teh timer for the thing

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:57 am

Your dome light can be controlled by two things that I can think of:
1) Your door latch. When the door is open, your dome light turns on.
2) The manual switch on the dome light.

Maybe wiggle your door latch or mess with your manual switch? Unless there's more to it then I can see. In which case, ignore this post :)