OK, Im a 7th gen maxima owner and Im sure this will be a stupid question with an obvious answer but....... what the hell are map lights? Where are they?

 

I'm from the school where there are no stupid questions when they are asked honestly. So, to answer your question, the map lights are the lights on the ceiling of the car just in front of the rearview mirror. They are called map lights because in the days before GPS, they were used for reading maps in the dark. I believe they also consider the two lights in the back map lights also.

On another note, it's nice to see another VA member. Welcome.

 

Thank you sir. I never noticed any lights up there in my previous SV :/

 

Don't they consider the orange light a map light aswell?

 

As per the Owner's Manual:

Front: Personal/Map Lights
Rear: Personal Lights
Orange Light: Console Light

 

The small orange light is referred to as the "Ambient Light" "Mood Light" that comes with the SV models.