# 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe - Interior lights acting up **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** hyundai, lights\ **Created:** [November 18, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468 "2022-11-18T04:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chriskent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chriskent](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chriskent)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/1 "2022-11-18T04:55:54Z")
Interior lights do not come on when door is opened or go off when door is closed ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/2 "2022-11-18T13:33:05Z")
Which one? They don’t turn on OR they don’t turn off Can’t be both. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/3 "2022-11-18T13:46:35Z")
Is the ON - DOOR - OFF switch in the proper position? ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/3/835ef0e2403c72c0770da88716dac884869e9379.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/4 "2022-11-18T22:15:51Z")
I have to say, that’s some pretty complicated arrangement for something as simple as lighting the passenger compartment when the door is opened . Looks like IRS instructions! …lol … ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/5 "2022-11-18T22:21:12Z")
That is not complcated , many vehicles map lights work the same way . ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/6 "2022-11-18T23:26:54Z")
It’s just a 3 position switch, pretty simple OFF = Off all the time DOOR = On when door open/Off when door closed ON = On all the time ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/7 "2022-11-18T23:37:07Z")
New fangled gadgetry can be confusing. I can see why a driver might want the light to come on w/door closed, but I wonder why a driver would ever want the interior light to be off when door is open? If you want it off, just close the door. Maybe to prevent battery from discharging when working on car I guess. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/8 "2022-11-19T00:01:20Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > New fangled gadgetry can be confusing New Technology? Get serious . ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/9 "2022-11-19T11:46:28Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > New fangled gadgetry can be confusing. Near fangled? Almost 50 years ago my 1975 Corolla interior light had that off/door/on type switch, your Corolla probably does too. I guess old tech gadgets are still confusing. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-interior-lights-acting-up/187468/10 "2022-11-19T20:10:44Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > 1975 Corolla interior light had that off/door/on type switch, your Corolla probably does too. My Corolla has a manual operated switch, but not nearly the functionality described in post 3 above - No lens to push on lamp to turn it on or off - No spot beams - No lamps turn on when doors are unlocked - No 30 second or 20 minute “on” time - No gradual decrease in brightness - No involvement at all with ignition switch Can’t speak to the 1995 Corolla, but beyond this sort of cursory description > [@It\_s-Me](#): > > OFF = Off all the time > DOOR = On when door open/Off when door closed > ON = On all the time the 1992 Corolla’s indoor lighting function is very different. If the instructions had said what It’s Me suggested they said, I would agreee it’s simple. But they don’t, and they are definitely not simple