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Posted on Jan 02, 2009

When I turn off the car, the light for the clock/radio stays on. I just changed my battery two days ago and would hate for it to drain because of it. What do I do? I doubled-checked that all the doors were closed properly and re-started the car ... nothing worked.

  • cloutier_suz Feb 14, 2009

    Already done! Thanks!

  • mitshadow Feb 16, 2009

    the light in the radio is gone and also the gear shift light. what could cause this?

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Try this. open the drivers door and in the corner were the hinge is there is a small circular piece about the diameter of a pen and about an inch long. you have to pull the tip of it out, that will turn the power off to the clock/radio. Good luck

  • Anonymous Feb 14, 2009

    glad you fixed it. Put some wd40 to oil it up and stop it from sticking.

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