Door replaced question..battery drain?

primetime · #1 03-13-2009, 04:48 PM

I'm getting my drivers side door replaced and its going into the shop on Monday morning. (my neighbor backed into it and smashed it in pretty good, not happy about it etc) When the shop has the door off the car, the interior lights will be on. I don't want my battery to die. I could request them to unplug the battery while working on it but who knows how reliable that will be. My question is, will the interior dome lights and other lights stay on the whole time? or will they go off after 20 minutes? I'm not sure, I thought i heard somewhere that the interior lights will go off after 20 minutes if a door is left open on our cars, but I doubt it.

Is having them unplug my battery while they're working on it my only option? They'll have it for 3 days at least... thanks.

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X5 Meister · #2 03-13-2009, 04:53 PM

Yes will go off

primetime · #3 03-13-2009, 04:57 PM

You mean my interior lights will indeed turn off after 20 mins? I've had my trunk gate open working on some stuff back there and it was open for at least an hour, i didn't see the lights turn off on their own.. So thats why I'm wondering.

dkl · #4 03-13-2009, 05:12 PM

Mine does after about 20 minutes. I guessed it's like the orange LED on the shift indicator...some goes off after 20min, others don't

If you're so worried about the dome light draining your battery, why not just disable the dome light altogether by simply pressing and holding the light switch (the switch in front of the homelink) until the dome light goes out?

primetime · #5 03-13-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dkl

Mine does after about 20 minutes. I guessed it's like the orange LED on the shift indicator...some goes off after 20min, others don't

If you're so worried about the dome light draining your battery, why not just disable the dome light altogether by simply pressing and holding the light switch (the switch in front of the homelink) until the dome light goes out?

I guess I could do that..but how do i turn off the lights in the front? like by the interior mirror?

dkl · #6 03-13-2009, 05:24 PM

Like I said in my previous post...Hold the light switch until all interior lights shut off - this will disable the interior lights and won't turn on with the door. Of course, this doesn't include the trunk lights.

primetime · #7 03-13-2009, 05:26 PM

Gotcha..thanks dkl

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