Is there a way to get the cargo area light to stay off while the hatch is open? Does switching the interior light switch to the 'OFF' position do that? Or does the cargo light come on regardless? I really hope I don't have to unhook or disable something.

Might be silly but I'm asking because I go to a drive-in theatre quite a lot during the summer and now that I have the Fit, I wanted the hatch to face the screen and pop some blankets and pillows in there for the ultimate experience haha. I was sitting in my hatch earlier sorting out the CDs in my car and noticed that the light stayed on the entire time. I'm concerned about the battery.

Thanks!

 

I think we lost our last drive-in around here about 8 years back, but I do have fond memories... Back in my HS/college days, when movies were partly an escape from parents, I would have loved to have a car with the Fit's "refresh mode" seat design - seems like it would be perfect for drive-in movie viewing...

 

I replaced the interior lights with LEDs. Doesn't solve the problem with turning off the light, but it does keep the battery from running down if the hatch is left open since the LED draws almost no current.

As I recall, there was a thread somewhere here about replacing the lamp assembly with one from another Honda model, which had an integral switch. It was a drop-in replacement, IIRC. Try searching the lighting section. It was, at the time, dealing with the second generation Fit, but the rear lamp assembly is the same in both the 2nd and 3rd gen Fits, so the conversion should work.

 

IIRC, someone here replaced the 2015 Fit Cargo Area Light with a similarly-sized one from an Odyssey that has a switch on it. It was in one of the Cargo Light LED threads.

 

doesn't the light go off after a while on it's own?

 

Thanks Uncle Gary and Fitmo. That seems more elaborate than I'd like but I'll check it out!

 

I'm not too sure. When I had the hatch open yesterday it stayed on for the entire 10 or so mins I was there.

 

I did that in my 2008 Fit, but I have no idea if it works with a 2015.

 

It does go off but I think it takes more like 20 minutes.

 

Thanks tbFit! I'll check it out again.

 

seems like if you turn the selector by the map lights to off I would think the hatch would be turned off as well as the doors.

 

Same, but with my 2007. Here is a link to a thread on another forum of what I used: http://www.9thgencivic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11380

 

I have the same issue at the drive in in Phoenix. After about 10 min. It goes off

 

That would be logical, but it doesn't work that way.

 

Yep, definitely doesn't. Tried it a couple times with light switches set to "OFF"... Seems as if the cargo light will come on regardless. I guess it will just go off as Stingray mentioned!

 

I left the door open, the cargo light DID went off after a number of minutes. I had replaced with LED disk. It is brighter than regular one.