Close the latch mechanism itself and you can have the hatch up without the annoying light on. My kid likes to play in the back of the car with the hatch open so its nice to be able to have that light shut off.

Just have to remember to open the latch back up before putting it down. Thinking about installing a switch.

 

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I would like to contribute a small fraction of my super problem deducing skills as well.

Ahem.

To stop the annoying seat belt dinging, you simply............put on your seatbelt.



you're all welcome.

 

FWIW, somewhere on here there's a diy about swapping out the light assembly with one from another model that includes a switch on the light.

That said, I would just go ahead and buy an LED light for the hatch area. You can (or at least I have) leave that running for days and still have the car start.

 

Thanks malraux! Most excellent. Found the part #

34265-SFE-003 LENS $11.41

Needed to order some oil filters so got one of these too. Looks to be a direct swap.

 

Regardless I also recommend the led swap as well. Puts out a lot more light. Especially if you are already pulling the area apart.

 

Hey Chad just to be clear are you saying that light has a switch? As in you push the lens to turn on/off? Is it possible with that switch to inadvertently leave the light on when the car is off? If that's not a danger this would be something I'd like; I often would like to leave the hatch up for longer than a few minutes.

 

The light will turn off when you close the hatch. I have the same switch. I also changed the bulb to LED while I was at it. The lens looks exactly like the original right down to the connector, except there is a small white rocker switch on the front surface. I use it mainly to turn off the light when I leave the hatch open for long periods. If you leave the switch on the "ON" position, the light will turn off when you close the hatch, just like the original version.

 

read rampo's post please..

Good deal that's what I wanted to hear. Can't wait to get the switchable deal in the mail.

 

With shipping and handling from hkhondaparts.com its $26!

 

Majestic honda. ordered it with some oil filters. Yes you get beat up on shipping ordering one small part.

 

Whoa... What we have here is a failure to communicate. What he was ORIGINALLY saying is not to close the hatch, its to make the car think its closed. If you take a screwdriver and shove it in the latch on the door, the car will think is down and the light will shut off. The only thing to be wary of is you have to pull the handle again before you actually shut the hatch or it won't latch.

@chad, there are trolls that are very annoying, and I know how you feel. I've stayed out of threads on here because of them, but yelling at them usually eggs them on. I don't think coco meant it the way you took it tho.

As far as the lens w the switch, it's out of an Acura mdx. Been waiting to order it for a while now. And x2 on the LED! Got some from jdmtoy and they rock!

 

^ thank you for understanding. His original post was pretty short and seem humorous. I'm sorry if what I wrote offended you. But an apology and explanation is all I'm entitle to give.

So if you found it that offensive, and are still bitter that's your business.

 

Back to topic.
Pay attention to this warning. I had another car I frequently did this to turn off the light. After the third or fourth time forgetting and banging the hatch down hard on the lock mechanism I gave up and installed a switch.

Order the Honda part listed with switch. Easy five minute install. Price probably higher from your local dealer but not paying shipping will save you on total cost.

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Good info and very helpful for me.I noticed right away I could not switch off the light in the hatch area like on my Accord wagon.

I will pick up the light with switch along with L.E.D.
I will admit I searched for a bit when I first got my Fit for a switch to turn that light off lol

Thanks Chad I can do the latch deal in the mean time

 

My boyfriend and I hit the Drive-In recently, and watched by folding down the magic seats and leaving the hatch up. The biggest annoyance through the whole movie was that light being on. I'll have to order that part once all my moving chaos has settled.

Now just to work out how to reverse the channels on the stereo so that when we're facing the back of the car, we still get the stereo channels where they belong. Rough idea is to just get a little pocket radio, and make an 1/8" patch cable with the channels reversed.

Thank you for this thread. ^_^

 

DeathKitten,

You make me wish I had a cooler username.

 

Disturbed by what? Serious question.

 

Alrighty then here are my install tips. Super easy. Just have to remember to pull it from the front edge (towards the front of the car). It will break the old lens and not come out if you pry on the other end. Don't ask how I know.

SHoulda shut the latch first to turn off the light.




It justs swings down on the wire so you can unplug it.



Then just swap the bulb or install led.

 

Okay, here's a stupid question. What LED bulb am I looking for if I wanted to swap that in when replacing the cover? I tried to search the forum, but I think my key word fu failed.