Normal for dome lights to turn automatically?

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  1. mediahound

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    My Prius was locked and I was putting on my car cover today when I noticed the dome lights turned out. I did have my key in my pocket, but did not unlock the car.

    Is this normal?

    The dome lights did turn off again after I think 30 seconds after I walked away.
     
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    Nevermind I looked in the manual, apparently that's normal when in the presence of in an electronic key.
     
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    Occasionally the dome lights misbehave. Sometimes you can't get them to turn off while driving; sometimes the lights don't want to work when you open the car door. It always goes away the next time I drive, and it rarely happens. So I just live with it. The last thing I want to do is to ask my friendly Toyota dealer to fix an intermittent problem. I know doing that never works regardless of what the appliance or vehicle is.
     
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    yup normal. extra great when you have signal mirrors w/puddle lights and they come on to greet you in the dark.
     
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    That sounds sorta cool. Where do you get that?
     
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    Well in your area, there are places that will do it for you at a reasonable fee.
     
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    Do LED dome lights take less power and brighter than the stock ones?
     
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    I haven't replaced my interior lights as I like the warm glow of incandescent lights. The LEDs would take less power but may or may not be brighter... just depends on the bulb.
     
    #10 spiderman, Sep 9, 2013
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