dustin6119

when my tail gate is open...(ie to listen tot he radio at he drive in)

843de

Move the switch on the dome lamp to the "Off" position, that will keep the reading lamps from illuminating on the rear-view mirror when the hatch is open.

dustin6119

thanks ! who would have thought of that....FRI night the kids were touching everything in the car....i had the friggin manual out trying to figure it out.. LOL

sleeper

Interesting, I always have my dome light switched off (unless needed). & my mirror lights always still light up when a door is opened.

dustin6119

yep I tried the dome light in the off position and the mirror lights still remain the same ( ON)

LawDog88

I've tried this too. I had the dome lights in my silverado set to off. I prefer it to be a manual option.

843de

Well so much for the owner's manual, sorry about that guys, there has to be a way to keep the reading lights off with the hatch open.

sleeper

"there has to be a way to keep the reading lights off with the hatch open."

cut the wires ?

843de

Well its less than elegant, but that's one way to handle it sleeper.

Since the dome light switch is part of the latch assembly, I wonder if there is a way to wedge something in there to keep the switch closed mimicking a closed hatch.

LawDog88

Mayhaps disabling the latch closed relay wire?