# Dashboard lights stay on when key is out

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949 "2019-01-04T00:35:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vgeorgeperuv\_146557](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/90ced4/32.png) [@vgeorgeperuv\_146557](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vgeorgeperuv_146557)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949/1 "2019-01-04T00:35:09Z")

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My Toyota Camry 1999 dash board lights stay on when my key is out of the ignition. I have looked online and many people say it’s the ignition switch, but I’m wondering if it’s anything else it could be?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949/2 "2019-01-04T02:58:23Z")

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When you say, “dashboard lights”, do you mean the back-lighting?

Or the actual warning lights?

Tester

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949/3 "2019-01-04T14:21:46Z")

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So the rest of your lights automatically shut off where you remove the key? Do the dashboard lights stay on or do they shut themselves off when you get out and lock the door?

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**Author:** ![vgeorgeperuv\_146557](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/90ced4/32.png) [@vgeorgeperuv\_146557](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vgeorgeperuv_146557)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949/4 "2019-01-04T20:56:14Z")

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The oil light and seatbelts light remain on. All electronic functions except the radio and clock remain on

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**Author:** ![donnaeastman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@donnaeastman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnaeastman)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dashboard-lights-stay-on-when-key-is-out/131949/5 "2019-01-14T10:41:57Z")

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On some **cars** the **lights stay** on for like 30 seconds after the ignition is **off**. But if they are on all the time even when the light switch is fully **off** , something is wrong, that is NOT normal. That happens sometimes due to somebody wiring some accessory to the nearest hot wire, which might be the **dash lights** wire.