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Old 03-08-09, 12:23 PM
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Default illuminated door plates not working

i just noticed last night the scuff plates were not illuminated when i opened the door. Any idea why this might be the case? i checked it with the car in drive then in park and even with the aux brake engaged.

does the car have to be in a certain "mode" for them to be working?
Old 03-08-09, 12:30 PM
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loose connection? Pop open the plate and see if it got loose.
Seeing as how you're driving the 2007, I really don't see how much could go wrong w/ith it

maybe the door light setting has to be on, but I thought that was just for the 06.
Old 03-08-09, 12:44 PM
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you talking about the door illuminated door scuff plate right? you made any change recently or it just stop working? did you make sure the light setting are set to "door" instead of something else?
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you must have turned off your interior lights up by the moonroof turn it back on to the door setting and it will all work.
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you guys prove yet again to be geniuses

i figured it was some setting that allowed them to turn on. i just had never noticed that if the interior lights weren't set to door, they wouldnt turn on.

thanks!
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try the "door" switch
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Old 03-09-09, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by passnu2
you must have turned off your interior lights up by the moonroof turn it back on to the door setting and it will all work.
I did once...
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Old 03-09-09, 01:48 PM
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Yeah there's no way both of the plates took a shiyet on you at the same time..I thought mine died too one day and I realized I had the auto-light switch turned off
Old 03-09-09, 01:50 PM
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i jsut sold a pair a little while back... i have a few more things and im gonna post them up after my post r a certain amount
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I personally prefer the wiring hack so that my light settings can stay off. My interior is illuminated by the scuff plates, foot well lights, and clear coutesy lamp. The back seats are meant to stay dark
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Wow! Good thing that I found this thread since I also thought that my scuff plates had gone out on me! Specially since I have done the turn signal mod also and thought I had messed something up with that. All I had to do was turn the light switch back on. Thanks Guys!!!!
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