Trunk Light

[OlympicRef]

I have (2) 2012 Genesis and my wife has left the trunk ajar seven times in the last year killing the battery. What is the solution? Can I disable the trunk light? What a stupid ass design that the light doesn't go out after X amount of time instead of killing the battery. How do you know if you left the trunk ajar? This is a major deign flaw!!!

Does any body have a fix other than don't leave the trunk open?

 

[Jimmmmbo!]

I have (2) 2012 Genesis and my wife has left the trunk ajar seven times in the last year killing the battery. What is the solution? Can I disable the trunk light? What a stupid ass design that the light doesn't go out after X amount of time instead of killing the battery. How do you know if you left the trunk ajar? This is a major deign flaw!!!

Does any body have a fix other than don't leave the trunk open?

Been there, done that, my friend. I complained about this before and the only solution that I know of is to "learn the lesson." Which sucks, because it shouldn't be that way.

Slam that baby shut every time. And pull up on it if you're not sure.

I wish I could offer a better solution, other than disconnecting the trunk light itself. I don't know how easy/hard this may be, but you would obviously lose your crysal-clear view of the innerds of your trunk when you need it most ...

 

[homeofstone]

You could buy a Mercedes with auto trunk closer option and tell your wife you had too because of cost of batteries.

 

[WowCool]

Ask you local Auto Electrician to fit a Timer Module to the Trunk Light Circuit..
$50.00 done & dusted... No More Worries............

 

[PMCErnie]

Seven times and you're blaming the car?

 

[NSXNEXT]

Does any body have a fix other than don't leave the trunk open?

Get a new wife?

 

[stroker]

This post is a prime example of what is wrong with our society today. The poster is blaming the product when clearly it is functioning properly and the user is at fault, plain and simple. Close the frickin' trunk!

 

[NSXNEXT]

This post is a prime example of what is wrong with our society today. The poster is blaming the product when clearly it is functioning properly and the user is at fault, plain and simple. Close the frickin' trunk!

Even worse is posting on the board thinking people will agree with him that

This is a major deign flaw!!!

Let me guess he's related to the woman who sued McDonald's because the coffee was too hot?

 

[GenesisCaptain]

The poster is blaming the product when clearly it is functioning properly and the user is at fault, plain and simple. Close the frickin' trunk!

I would not call it a defect, but I would call it a product design flaw. It it is a major gap from the luxury and near-luxury car norms more than 15 years old. Yeah, it is functioning normally... for a car from the 80s.

On the flip side, the trunk and interior lights in my Odyssey don't turn off either. Totally drives me nuts. But, those suckers can be on for days before it affects the battery.

I sympathize with the OP's rant.

 

[Mark_888]

I have a 2009 Genesis, and I have never failed to close the trunk. I never slam it, as it closes even when slowly moving downward.

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[Potty_Pants]

this problem is fixed in the 2015 genesis sedan...

Auto trunk close.

problem resolved sell your car for 15K and spend $30K.

ppp

 

[PMCErnie]

A battery can also die due to interior lights left on. Don't allow wives to use those vanity mirrors, or map lights.

My '09 Taurus has an automatic switch to kill such lights in the event that they are left on.

 

[NSXNEXT]

this problem is fixed in the 2015 genesis sedan...

Auto trunk close.

problem resolved sell your car for 15K and spend $30K.

ppp

Not necessarily. The previous MY Korean Genesis had a motorized trunk but it never made it to the US model.

 

[Fast55]

You could also change the bulbs to LED as I have. It would probably take a week or more for those to kill the battery and you solve the problem of how dim the stock bulbs are at the same time.

 

[mikec]

It might not be the trunk light sucking down the battery. Remember, with any door open, or the hood open, and probably the trunk open, the Genesis electronics "wake up" assuming they'll soon be needed for a drive. Ergo both the trunk light and the entertainment/nav system are sucking electrons. Just like the folks with a too-short or missing rubber bumper piece on their hoods that didn't reach the hood-is-closed sensor switch; they'd have dead batteries far quicker than most folks.

Since the Genesis sedan trunk just lifts a little bit when unlatched - rather than fully opening on its own (at least US models) - it's easy to miss that it isn't 100% closed. My question to the OP: is the trunk being told to open... and then forgotten that it is unlatched/open and left that way for days? Or did the OP's wife try to close it and not realize it didn't get fully closed? It may be the rubber stops/bumpers are unscrewed too far - so it takes too hard a shove to close the trunk. Mine closes very easily. Unscrewing those black rubber bumpers in the corners would make it harder to close; screwing them in too far though lets the trunk lip contact the paint on the bumper, damaging the paint. A bad "trunk open" switch (on the outside of the trunk lid or the one on the driver's door) may be popping the trunk unbeknownst to the OP's wife. Using the glovebox "valet trunk disable" button would prevent such inadvertent trunk unlocking until the switches could be tested/replaced.

mike c.

 

[427435]

Let me guess he's related to the woman who sued McDonald's because the coffee was too hot?

Careful. I attended a product liability seminar where this case was discussed in detail. After hearing all the facts, there were good reasons why she won the suit. Included was the fact that McDonald's (due to corporate directives) was serving the coffee at a much higher temp than other coffee providers. There was also a lot of evidence that independent stores wanted to lower the temp but corporate wouldn't let them.

 

[Fast55]

I believe the point is, as we say in our industry, "operator trouble" is the problem. It really should not matter if the coffee was 160 deg. or boiling. Hot is hot and the lady came into contact with a hot liquid because of "operator trouble". This is why we need fewer attorneys.

 

[veed]

PEBCAK (or in this case, PEBCAC)

 

[Philth]

Call me crazy, but I do not see how that one light will kill a battery (especially the size in the Genesis) over one night's time????

Also, consider installing an LED light there. Will consume less power if it's left open again. Still don't see how that light is killing the battery.

 

[Fast55]

Well there are two of them, and MikeC might be right about that also keeping the other electronics "awake".