Why do parking lights stay on?
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Maybe the "safety" issue is to tell you your key is in the ignition? .... From a paranoid New Yorker who would never leave my car like that even for a second. I guess other people have locked garages ......
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Rudy has hit this one exactly.....it's definitely a glitch in system. My light switch is in 'auto' and my keys are in the ignition at night (yes, in my locked, attached garage). Unfortunately my garage is NOT heated so I'm frequently running out in my PJ's at 10 deg. and opening/closing multiple doors to make sure my battery isn't dead in the morning.
Thanks for everyone's response....I'll talk to the dealer about this but it sounds like it's one I'll have to live with.
Thanks for everyone's response....I'll talk to the dealer about this but it sounds like it's one I'll have to live with.
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Originally Posted by brandsb' post='380195' date='Jan 18 2007, 03:47 PM
Rudy has hit this one exactly.....it's definitely a glitch in system. My light switch is in 'auto' and my keys are in the ignition at night (yes, in my locked, attached garage).
If anyone with newer software (and more spare time than me) feels like trying to duplicate this problem, it would be interesting to see if it's been fixed. I'm not sure if the bug only exists in CCC based (pro navigation) cars or if it's on all of them. Here's the exact steps you need to perform:
1) drive into a parking space that is safe to leave your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition
2) make sure the headlight switch is set to the "A" (automatic) position
3) turn the car off -- do not remove the key from the ignition
4) get out of the car and close the door -- don't touch anything at all on the car
5) let the car go to sleep (look at the amber "P" light on the gear indicator if you have a steptronic or just wait 20 minutes or so)
6) once the car is asleep, open a passenger door (like you're getting something out of the glove box) (I think even opening the trunk will work but I can't remember for sure)
7) the parking lights will turn on if you have the bug -- the lights will go out if you open the driver's door (if you open the driver's door first, I seem to remember that the lights will actually come on then go right off)
It's been a while since I've played with this but I think that's the correct sequence.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='380286' date='Jan 19 2007, 12:15 AM
It may be fixed in more recent software but it's clearly a bug, not a feature. There is absolutely no connection to this bug and the nordic country's software programming you mentioned. In this case, the parking light bug only shows it's ugly face if the headlight switch is in auto.
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