Lighting controls

[master yoda3]

Hi all,

Sorry if I'm posting a duplicate post. My wife and I just got a Black CX-9 Sport over the weekend. Overall, like the car, but there are a couple of annoyances. First of all, it was my mistake for not noticing that Sport trim doesn't have auto headlights, so that's kind of a bummer. Our old Chevy Malibu has that option. Second when we shut off the car, the dome lights don't automatically turn on. They only turn on when we open the door(s)s. Do you guys know if there's a way to reprogram the car so that the headlights go off when the car is turned off without turning off the switch, as well as the dome light?

Thanks in advance.

 

[randy00]

hmm thats odd, i have a Sport here in Canada and the headlights are automatic, also my dome lights do turn on when the key is taken out of the ignition after shut off.. maybe talk to the dealer?

 

[not_too_shabby]

Hi all,

Sorry if I'm posting a duplicate post. My wife and I just got a Black CX-9 Sport over the weekend. Overall, like the car, but there are a couple of annoyances. First of all, it was my mistake for not noticing that Sport trim doesn't have auto headlights, so that's kind of a bummer. Our old Chevy Malibu has that option. Second when we shut off the car, the dome lights don't automatically turn on. They only turn on when we open the door(s)s. Do you guys know if there's a way to reprogram the car so that the headlights go off when the car is turned off without turning off the switch, as well as the dome light?

Thanks in advance.

Not sure about the headlights because I have a grand touring model so it does have auto headlights. On the GT model with the smart key the dome light only comes on when you unlock the doors(if you remembered to lock them cause the car doesn't have autolocks (headshake ) or when I open the doors.

 

[Takehold66]

you can program the car to auto lock - there are instructions in another post - I did it and it works on my 2010 GT - not sure if it works on 2008.