I knew Mercedes engineers thought of everything, but a bear proximity light?.... Whow, I'm impressed ! These guys think of everything.... hahaha... [400 lb brown bear in the dark could have you for a snack... glad to hear you weren't "bear sammich"]
On a more serious note, glad you found it, electrical faults can be a real pain. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:08:33 -0600 Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:17:58 -0700 Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > So, something is now draining the battery. All I need to do is find > > > > out what! :-) > > > > > > Rear dome light switch? Always a fave! > > > > Easy enough to check! > > > > Thanks! > > I thought to myself, "It's dark out, now's a perfect time to check that > out!" So I went outside without a flashlight, since the streetlight a > couple of houses down casts some light our way. > > Outside, I saw it wasn't the dome light, but was the light at the bottom > of the rear-driver's side door. I opened the passenger-side rear door and > reclosed it. It seemed the light at the bottom of the passenger-side door > came on. > > I went around to the driver's side and opened and reclosed the rear door. > Nothing changed. I waited awhile and still nothing changed, nothing went > off. > > I heard some dogs barking to the north and looked. I saw a 400 - 500# > brown bear headed north (fortunately!). > > I figured that was enough and locked the car and went in, leaving the > battery charger in place. > > So, are the rear, bottom-of-door lights supposed to go off immediately > when the door is closed, or time delay like the light by the inside rear > view mirror? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
