Puddle Light question

[silverplate]

How do you make the mirror puddle lights come on bright? Thanks

[MotoMedic]

The turn on when you unlock at night.

 

Not sure what you mean by "bright"? They only have one output level.

[DaveH71]

Replace with a brighter bulb?

[silverplate]

The turn on when you unlock at night.

Not sure what you mean by "bright"? They only have one output level.

Can you tell me what you mean by unlock at night, is that the only time there bright. I thought they would come on bright every time you opened the door at night.

[redwngr]

Is there a setup choice that needs to be made thru the DIC (to enable the feature)?

[chuckl1218]

Clarification: they come on when you unlock the doors at night along with your other lights. I have not seen a setting for ths feature.

[redwngr]

Checked the electronic owners manual. Exit lighting can be programmed to OFF, 30sec, 60 sec or 120 sec.

[MotoMedic]

GM really should have designed them to come on anytime a door on the matching side opens (even when truck is running), but instead they're just approach / exit lighting.

 

Hmmm.. thinking I'll have to rewire mine in the future to match what my interior lighting is doing.

[redwngr]

Doesn't 'exit' lighting come on when you open the door?

 

What setting is the exit lighting set to?

[MotoMedic]

I believe GM's definition of "exiting" requires you to remove yourself and the keys.. I prefer the definition without the key requirement! ha

[MikeNH]

Something like that is an easy reprogram of the BCM on GM's part. You'd hope they could do that because it's tremendously common to drop people off and then park after.

[redwngr]

I believe GM's definition of "exiting" requires you to remove yourself and the keys.. I prefer the definition without the key requirement! ha

Wow.

 

Like you, I'd of guessed that they would come on when the opening of the door activated the dome light, or that it was something selectable in the personalization menus..

[pm26]

Why do they call these "puddle lights"?

[gmissed]

Why do they call these "puddle lights"?

The puddle light is under the mirror and illuminates the ground below the doors which would show a "puddle" better if there was one.

[Aaron1085]

Is it worth it to replace OEM bulbs in there or are they already LED with the SLT package?