Chrysler Repair: 99 300m: interior light wont go off, door switches, headlamp switch

Question
my interior lights will not go off. it killed my battery the other night. not sure what the problem is or how to fix it. all doors, trunk and hood are closed and ligts remain on. i pulled the fuse but now my radio wont work. please help me.

Answer
Hi Sonchen,
First, check the headlamp switch which has a 'dome on' position to see if you might simply have inadvertantly turned on the interior lights that way which will over-ride the door switches and all the other 'time out' provisions that would stop your problem.
If that isn't the cause, try pushing in on each door from the outside to see if the doors are really tightly enough closed. Then if that doesn't reveal one that is not tightly enough closed, try opening one door at a time and push in on the door open/closed switch for that door to see if you can get the lights to go off that way. If none of the four doors tested that way will shut of then it may be the remote key entry system which is not working properly. That would involve the body control module as the source of the problem. But almost all of the courtesy light controls should 'time out' the lights, except for the one on the headlamp switch.
Roland
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