I've had my C for over 6 months now and have figured out most everything about how it works inside and out...except, I just discovered something I never noticed before and you may want to check to see if your C does the same thing.
My car is parked in my garage, hence I have no need to lock it at night. When I park it for the evening the lights do their dance whereby after closing the car door they stay on for about 15 seconds and then slowly fade off starting from the rear to the front both exterior and interior. About 15 minutes after leaving the car I stepped into the garage while it was pitch black and noticed a very small glow of light from the interior.
The glow was coming from the tiny lights around the 2 radio knobs and the fast forward, seek, rewind and CD entrance lights, and they all remained on for about 15 minutes. This has probably been going on ever since I bought the car but it was the first time I went into the garage when it was totally dark. I had simply missed the light switch when entering the garage and that's what caused me to discover that the inside of the car still had these lights on. I cannot find any controls that will take care of just these radio related items and although it's probably not hurting the car, I find it a waste of battery power, not to mention that 15 minutes is a long time for these to stay on when all other lights have been off for at least 15 minutes. One caveat, if you lock your car, all the lights including the 3 radio lights mentioned above, do go out in about 15 seconds. Check yours out and please let me know if it's just my C that does this.
My car is parked in my garage, hence I have no need to lock it at night. When I park it for the evening the lights do their dance whereby after closing the car door they stay on for about 15 seconds and then slowly fade off starting from the rear to the front both exterior and interior. About 15 minutes after leaving the car I stepped into the garage while it was pitch black and noticed a very small glow of light from the interior.
The glow was coming from the tiny lights around the 2 radio knobs and the fast forward, seek, rewind and CD entrance lights, and they all remained on for about 15 minutes. This has probably been going on ever since I bought the car but it was the first time I went into the garage when it was totally dark. I had simply missed the light switch when entering the garage and that's what caused me to discover that the inside of the car still had these lights on. I cannot find any controls that will take care of just these radio related items and although it's probably not hurting the car, I find it a waste of battery power, not to mention that 15 minutes is a long time for these to stay on when all other lights have been off for at least 15 minutes. One caveat, if you lock your car, all the lights including the 3 radio lights mentioned above, do go out in about 15 seconds. Check yours out and please let me know if it's just my C that does this.