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So I tried to wire some lights to the green/red wire in the dome light so that it comes on when I lock/unlock the car && open the door. However the lights stay on, even after the dome light turns off. What should I do?

Doesn't it do that already without having to modify anything?

i meant i was wiring interior lights TO the dome light so it turns on with the dome light when i open and close the door.

Oh I see. Maybe Tim could help you with that. He's good with understanding the wiring on these cars.  I think the switch might have something to do with it. If it werent for the switch the dome light would be on all the time since there's constant power going to it.

How did you have the lights wired to the green/red dome light wire?

I used a quick splice to connect to the green/red wire

Did you run the ground wire to the green/red wire?  Where did you wire the 12v for your lights?

Oh wait I'm suppose to wire the ground to the green/red? I wire the 12v to that. Was that the problem?

Yes. The green/red wire is a  grounding wire.

Oh okay. So where should I route my 12v wire?

Wait, so if your positive was hooked to the grounded dome wire, and your negative was grounded as well, how did it work in the first place?

Lol good question. I have no idea. Is green/red really ground? Not the white one?

Any ideas guyss???

There is a wiring guide that is stickied in this forum. I will look at the wiring diagram later tonight when I get home and try to help you out.

Thanks ! Really there is?? If I knew that I would have looked. But I'm still getting used to the new tapatalk app. Lol

So, I just double checked the wiring manual.  The green/red wire is the "ground" wire and the white/blue wire is the 12v wire.  I hope this helps with your set up.

Thanks ! I'll work on it today

so i got the wiring done and wired it to the right wires; however, the lights continue to stay on. did i do something wrong?

The lights you added stay on and the dome light turns off, or they all stay on?

When I flip the switch on the dome light to the "door" position. The interior lights all turn on when I open the door including the lights I added but once I close the door all the interior lights turn off but the lights I added continue to stay on.