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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 12:55 PM
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door ajar dash light on

All doors are closed, but my door ajar dash light stays dimly lit. Also, my interior dome light is just barely on as well. I have went to each door and pressed in each of the buttons, the light still stays on, but it's barely illuminated. Anyone else encountered this?
Old Feb 21, 2016 | 06:37 PM
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Did you by any chance have led's in the interior lights?if so that's your culprit
Old Feb 21, 2016 | 08:54 PM
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Actually I just replaced the interior lights with led. Dang, I really like the led lighting. Well I guess I will be putting the factory bulbs back in.
Old Feb 21, 2016 | 10:12 PM
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I seem to remember someone using a resistor with LED interior lights. It's not really my thing so I didn't read that deeply into it. It's worth a search though.
Old Feb 22, 2016 | 04:30 AM
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Luckily led's don't draw that much current-so even if you keep em you'll be fine,unless the car just sits for long periods of time!
Old Feb 22, 2016 | 07:01 AM
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I guess the only bad thing is having to turn the dome light off. If u keep it on auto, so it comes on when u open your doors, it never turns off. It will stay barely on.
Old Feb 22, 2016 | 10:28 AM
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My leds do that too. Just stays bearly lit.
Old Feb 22, 2016 | 11:17 AM
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Mine was due to Master Window Switch
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