DEFINITION: The windshield header courtesy/reading lamps stay illuminated when all of the following conditions exist:

The inadvertent load (battery rundown) protection turns off the windshield header courtesy/reading lamps after 10 minutes. This action will occur after 3 minutes on vehicles with less than 24 accumulated km (15 miles).

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Did you perform the Interior Lights System Check?

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Go to Step 2

Go to Interior Lamps System Check

1. Close all of the doors.
2. Turn off the IP dimmer switch.
3. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN position.
4. Cycle the switches for the windshield header courtesy/reading lamps between the ON position and the OFF position.

Do the windshield header courtesy/reading lamps turn OFF?

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Go to Step 4

Go to Step 3

Replace the windshield header courtesy/reading lamps assembly.

Did you complete the repair?

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Go to Step 4

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1. Turn the ignition switch to the LOCK position.
2. Reinstall the connectors/components previously removed.
3. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN position for 6 seconds.
4. Turn the ignition switch to the LOCK position.
5. Remove the BCM PRGRM fuse.
6. Turn the ignition switch to the ACC position.

The BCM sounds the chime a number of times equivalent to the BCM type installed on the vehicle.

7. Within 1 second, turn the ignition switch from the ACC position to the LOCK position, then back to the ACC position.

The BCM sounds any DTCs stored.

Are there any BCM DTCs present?

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Go to Diagnostic System Check - Body Control System

Go to Interior Lamps System Check