When you turn it OFF manually, whether or not the doors are locked, it’ll remain OFF. Conversely, when you turn the dome light ON, it remains ON regardless of what you do to the doors. Using the switch instead of relying on doors gives you total control. This way, it’ll be difficult to have lights that wouldn’t go OFF. Rear interior lights won't turn off. 2017 ford edge. Locking the car ,making sure all doors are shut, sitting in back - Answered by a verified Ford Mechanic We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. On the bottom of the back hatch door you will see the lock mechanism. Put the pen or pencil in there and move it up toward the sky. The hatch is now locked and the dome light will go out. Make sure to hit unlock on your driver door before for go to re close the back hatch. 5 people found this helpful. Daytime running lights are common on modern cars and it doesn't hurt anything to have them on, the light is just letting you know they're on. Dial switch on the dash left of the steering wheel controls the lights, if you go to turn them off and the dial springs back to the original location that's alright they will still be turned off. 18. 2009 Ford Focus Coupe interior lights won't go off. Attempted checking both doors and trunk and all are secured. Checked interior light switch and still wont go off. Any idea what it might be? While waiting, the lights went off. We turned the car on to make sure battery is okay and it turned on okay but the lights are back on and won't go off. 1165 posts · Joined 2010. #2 · Apr 26, 2014. Go to the little dial that adjust the brightness of your gauges, if you spin it to the brightest point it has a switch that you've turned on. Simply back it off till it clicks and your lights will then only come on and go off with the closing of the doors. If you unplug the switch, and they go off, suspect a shorted switch. If they stay on suspect anything else that may activate park lamps (alarm, remote entry, light delay controls, aftermarket stereo wired into dash lamps for illumination, trailer light harness shorted to trailer power supply, etc.) Reply Like. # 5. P4ly.
