Interior lights

[Clean04yukon]

Hey everyone! Have a little issue with my interior lights. Put all new LED lights in and they will not come on individually by pressing whatever button on each light. They will come on with the dial thing on dash though. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

 

[S33k3r]

I have a similar problem with my map lights, but have been too lazy to even ask about it. Glad you at least asked, lol. I may go searching yet. Love the LEDs though -- when they work!

 

[DougAMiller]

That's because LEDs don't draw nearly as much current as an incandescent bulb. The interior lights are on what GM calls "inadvertent power", which is switched off after about 15 minutes to guard against running the battery down. It monitors the current on the circuit and doesn't turn it on unless it sees the load of a light bulb, but the LED is too small of a load for it to detect. When you turn them all on, the combined load is high enough to trigger it.

When I switched to LEDs I put a resistor in line with the bulb to create the additional load. Only problem was that resistor got really hot if they were on for more than a minute or two. One of them actually got hot enough to melt the plastic bezel and I had to get a new one from a junk yard. So I rewired it with two resistors and a capacitor to prevent the overheating.

 

[corvette744]

That's because LEDs don't draw nearly as much current as an incandescent bulb. The interior lights are on what GM calls "inadvertent power", which is switched off after about 15 minutes to guard against running the battery down. It monitors the current on the circuit and doesn't turn it on unless it see the load of a light bulb, but the LED is too small of a load for it to detect. When you turn them all on, the combined load is high enough to trigger it.

When I switched to LEDs I put a resistor in line with the bulb to create the additional load. Only problem was that resistor got really hot if they were on for more than a minute or two. One of them actually got hot enough to melt the plastic bezel and I had to get a new one from a junk yard. So I rewired it with two resistors and a capacitor to prevent the overheating.

Try a different led bulb im not sure were i got mine but they all work when i press the button on whatever one i want.

 

[Clean04yukon]

Try a different led bulb im not sure were i got mine but they all work when i press the button on whatever one i want.

Thanks. If you can find what bulbs please let me know?

 

[tigger5]

I do not know if this will help... 12 minute video.. mod i did to my map lights - 2012 Suburban.... Dome Light Mod

 

[corvette744]

Might of been these from super bright leds. https://www.superbrightleds.com/veh...bulb?make=16&model=1619&scc_id=1407&year=2004 You can buy one and try if they work buy more or call them have good customer service. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=578+led&ref=nb_sb_noss or here

 

[89Suburban]

I have the next gen Tahoe but I had to orient the polarity of the LED's I bought from super bright a certain way to get them to work correctly.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

All of my lights, inside and outside, have been converted to LEDs on my GMT900. All interior light comes on, when I push the appropriate on/off button. LEDs do have a specific polarity, and will only work if installed in a particular direction. Just for sh**s and giggles (its a long shot, but really simple and quick to do), take one of the LEDs that won't function with its own on/off button, and change the direction of the LED in the socket, and see if this results in no light at all or resolves your issue.

 

[MassHoe04]

Just curious...

What happens when LEDs are installed on interior lights?
The lights (map lights, dome lights) currently do a soft fade to off, after doors close or doors locked from the key fob.

Do the LEDs just go 100% on/off with no soft fade?