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Puddle Lights will not turn off

17K views 11 replies 6 participants last post by  jameslight610  
#1 ·
Not seen a similar problem raised here before. The puddle lights under the wing mirrors on my car won't turn off when I switch off the engine and lock the car. The mirrors do fold as normal when I lock the car. These lights have been on for 2 weeks now. Took it to the dealer last Thursday but they could not figure out the problem.









The lights under both mirrors seem to dim after a minute or so when I lock and walk away. When the problem first started, the keyless entry on the driver side also stopped working....black button on the door handle would not lock/unlock the car. That problem seems to have gone away on its own after a few days. So do not know if there is any connection between the two problems.
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
Thanks Patrick. They are on all day and all night ! I did go into menu and turn the welcome lights on/off a few times but to no effect.

I will be taking the car back to the dealer again ... they are going to replace the door handle because of the failing keyless entry button...and it seems the car needs some other work too for which the dealer needs to order in stuff.

Despite being reasonably technical, I did not want to reset the system as I am not sure of the side effects. Let's see what the dealer says the next time around. I will keep you posted.
 
Discussion starter · #8 ·
Can anyone guess how long these two LEDs will take to drain my 12V battery to a point where I need to call Roadside Assistance.


Right now I am not using my car as such, so I am letting the engine run every evening for up to 10 mins to compensate for this drain.
 
Discussion starter · #10 ·
Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw ... no, not a 100 billion bottles.....

But the puddle lights had gone off by themselves. Keyless open/close behaviour is back to normal. Not sure if this is an entirely good or bad thing. Hope it is not some weather(temperature) related issue which will bug me forever.