# Interior lights won't go off when doors close **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** deville, coupe, cadillac\ **Created:** [July 19, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660 "2009-07-19T19:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Willie\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/848f3c/32.png) [@Willie\_T](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Willie_T)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660/1 "2009-07-19T19:45:51Z")
When car doors are opened and then closed, interior lights will not go off–until I unplug battery cable. Then they go off and stay off until doors are opened again. I have replaced both door light on/off switches. Do you have a suggestion? ---
**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:** [July 19, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660/2 "2009-07-19T19:51:18Z")
What year Cadillac? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660/3 "2009-07-19T19:51:27Z")
If the interior light is the “old fashioned” type on the ceiling of the car, it likely has a three-position switch–off, on continually, and on when doors are opened/off when doors are closed. If you have this type of light switch, and if anyone recently “played” with the switch, it could simply be in the wrong position. Yes, I know that this is overly simplistic, but sometimes the really simple fixes are the ones that work. ---
**Author:** ![Willie\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/848f3c/32.png) [@Willie\_T](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Willie_T)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660/4 "2009-07-19T19:56:50Z")
1980 Coupe de Ville ---
**Author:** ![Willie\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/848f3c/32.png) [@Willie\_T](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Willie_T)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660/5 "2009-07-19T19:58:53Z")
1980 Coupe de Ville ---
**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior-lights-wont-go-off-when-doors-close/33660/6 "2009-07-19T20:09:55Z")
Since you have to remove the power to the lights in order to turn them off I assume there is a light control module for the lights. It may normally dim the lights down when the doors close. I would suspect the trouble is within the module if there is one.