little_joe
SILVER Star
I am looking for a way to trip or trick the rear door so that when I prop it open, all of the interior lights go off.
Backstory: On my 80, I could open the hatch, manually flip the catch mechanism in the upper part of the hatch with a key or screwdriver or something, and the lights would immediately go off. When opening any other door, lights would come back on, but turn off when closing the open door.
I haven't figured out how to do this on the GX, or I'm being very impatient. I've tried tripping the rear door latching mechanism, pressing the door sensor on the US driver side, but no go. I want to do this b/c my wife and I like to go somewhere, for example the beach, and prop the rear door open w/o any concern about drawing down the battery, esp due t opening the other 4 doors off and on regularly.
I realize this may seem like a nit, but it's important to us. TIA for any help. And I don't have a FSM to check the circuit.
Backstory: On my 80, I could open the hatch, manually flip the catch mechanism in the upper part of the hatch with a key or screwdriver or something, and the lights would immediately go off. When opening any other door, lights would come back on, but turn off when closing the open door.
I haven't figured out how to do this on the GX, or I'm being very impatient. I've tried tripping the rear door latching mechanism, pressing the door sensor on the US driver side, but no go. I want to do this b/c my wife and I like to go somewhere, for example the beach, and prop the rear door open w/o any concern about drawing down the battery, esp due t opening the other 4 doors off and on regularly.
I realize this may seem like a nit, but it's important to us. TIA for any help. And I don't have a FSM to check the circuit.