Cabin light killed the battery

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12-18-18, 07:39 PM

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bbqsoup

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yes the automatic headlights don’t turn off if no doors were opened. Happened to me a couple of times lol

12-19-18, 12:04 PM

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Nuts, learned something new today. Good to know.

12-20-18, 08:27 AM

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CobraSpdRH

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2010 Base here and I had a dead battery a couple weeks ago from a rear overhead light being left on for ~2 days. Jumped it at my house to bring it to Autozone to see what was up and noticed the light while driving lol. Charged the system by driving for a bit and all was well.

12-20-18, 01:20 PM

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I've killed new battery with manually turned on rear cabin light recently too, few times...had good excuse to take it for short cruise on the highway to charge it up

12-24-18, 06:32 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mgs1995

Pretty sure. The battery is less than a year old and it recharged ok. It’s been ok since.
By the way, it’s a 2012 base.

When I experienced same issue on my 2012 base my doors were closed. Yes my lights eventually shutoff when a door is open as described in owners manual.