Interior lights

[Doubeleive]

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

just get different led's you don't need to do any of this mod nonsense, some led's have the ability to fade on/off and some do not, most do and will work fine.
all you typically have to worry about is polarity, oem bulbs are incandescent so polarity does not matter, led's on the other hand are typically polarity sensitive, some are not but more often they are positive/negative and will not be marked so if you want to be precise check them with a 9v battery and a couple wires, then use a meter on the metal tabs where they insert in the vehicle to make sure you have them all in properly. usually you can just turn the interior light switch on as you are putting the bulb in if it does not turn on then just flip it the other way.
just to clarify I have put led's in my 00,03,04,05,12 and they all work fine so it has nothing to do with year or changes by GM to the electrical system, just get different bulbs.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

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?

My interior LEDs fade, but the fade is a bit shorter in time duration that the original OEM incandescent bulbs.

 

[tigger5]

They turn off..but i never paid attention to if they do a soft fade

 

[mountie]

I assume LEDs fade to off faster because the amperage , when lower will not hold the them lit as easily. So they shut off faster?

 

[MassHoe04]

They turn off..but i never paid attention to if they do a soft fade

Thanks for the info.! I'll replace at some point wit e LED. I just wasn't sure if the LED was an 100% ON or 100% OFF situation.

 

[SnowDrifter]

I have some from vleds. Noted similar behavior, but they would turn on dim. I actually preferred it tbh. Kinda like a lo/hi

They fade out with doors closed

 

[OneofFew]

I just replaced the dome lights and now none of the interior lights come on. The puddle lights do.

 

[corvette744]

I just replaced the dome lights and now none of the interior lights come on. The puddle lights do.

Flip the bulbs 180 degrees or you blew a fuse.DO 1 at a time and check each before you put the cover back on.

 

[OneofFew]

Flip the bulbs 180 degrees or you blew a fuse.DO 1 at a time and check each before you put the cover back on.

YEP! Blew the fuse.