I left one of my map lights on overnight. Im talking about manual push lights posterior to the rearview mirror. Do they have an auto shut off feature?

When i noticed the light on, it was super warm to touch. And how bad is that for my battery?

 

Did the car start? I wouldn't worry about your battery too much.

I've changed the map, dome and trunk lights to led. Much brighter and they draw less power.

 

Well, the fact that the light didn't shut off when left on overnight kinda confirms that there's no "auto off" feature, doesn't it?

I also replaced all my interior lights with LEDs for the reasons mentioned above. I also like the "whiter" light they give off.

 

i still run the factory bulbs in the GK but my other cars all run LED. i do agree, LED's have much less power consumption and a more attractive illumination. a plus plus imho too.

 

The same thing happened to me. But I was gone for 2 days and my battery was dead.

The LED bulbs sound like a good idea. I may get some today.

 

 

I found those to stick out a bit far and they hit the lenses when you pressed on them to activate the lights. I did use them for the "dome" light and the license plate lights.


For the map lights, I ended up using these instead:

they also throw ALL the light in the proper direction.

 

Im really glad i changed all my interior lights to led. I was out of town last month for 8 days. When I got back i found i had left my map light on the whole time. Car started right up.

 

Wow 8 days!