lights on the upper door of the trunk

[explicitdwk]

i have turned off the lights on the interior for the sake of conserving the battery power however i was wondering how to turn off the lights in the trunk, often i would be unloading things from it, groceries etc and for long periods of time, being able to turn it off would be great, advise please! thanks

[explicitdwk]

is this really not possible?

[X5Dawg]

Take the bulbs out

I think they go out on their own after awhile, but I think that is a long while. Not aware of any switch to manually turn them off.

[dkl]

Use LED bulbs

[motordavid]

This question came around on the Jukebox, way back in the early E53 days,
when most of us originals were over on RoadToad...from fading memory, I
recall there was no way to turn those overhead tailgate lights off. And, though
I haven't tested them in awhile, I seem to recall they do not turn off in that
15' window either, but I could be mistaken on that memory.

My lights came loose about a half dozen times, and the dlr basically quit trying
fix them, back in the warranty days, so I have the right side light taped in place...
GL,mD

[dkl]

My '04 does shut those off after about 15-20 minutes, but there doesn't seem to be a way to shut them off manually. IMHO, there should always be a way to manually shut off every single light on any vehicle, but then again, it must be a BMW thing, just like only having a single lock cylinder on the entire vehicle

[Weasel]

One of my inner tailgate lights was missing when I bought the truck, never bothered to replace it.

The only way I can think of to turn it off would be to latch the upper gate latch, making it think the lid is closed... I do that in the shop with all the doors and tailgate when checking for battery draws etc.