Cargo light switch mod

[Tat2GirlAz]

Hey everyone. I figured out how to make the cargo light turn on via a toggle or rocker switch.

First is to figure out where you want to mount your switch. Go to your fav auto parts or electronics store and buy a switch that you like.

Remove driver side sill plate and peel back the carpet. Look thru the bundle of wires and find the white wire with a tan tracer. Cut that wire.


Now add wire to both ends of your freshly cut white/tan wire to reach your switch mounting location. Mount your switch, connect the two extended wires and then ground the switch. Reassemble carpet and sill panel and you are done.

No error code on the dash and now I can control the cargo light to turn on when I want it to be on.

 

[bvigne01]

Is there not a way to turn on the cargo light without this? My 09 I was able to turn it on via a button under the headlight switch

 

[RamMeToo]

Not sure which trim it starts at but my Limited has a button to turn bed light on/off.

 

[SpeedyV]

Not sure which trim it starts at but my Limited has a button to turn bed light on/off.

Ditto (in the headlight switch), along with the soft button in the driver's side bed light itself.

 

[Tat2GirlAz]

I got the switch too but that cargo light comes on when you open any door.

 

[drad5757]

Hey everyone. I figured out how to make the cargo light turn on via a toggle or rocker switch.

First is to figure out where you want to mount your switch. Go to your fav auto parts or electronics store and buy a switch that you like.

Remove driver side sill plate and peel back the carpet. Look thru the bundle of wires and find the white wire with a tan tracer. Cut that wire.
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Now add wire to both ends of your freshly cut white/tan wire to reach your switch mounting location. Mount your switch, connect the two extended wires and then ground the switch. Reassemble carpet and sill panel and you are done.

No error code on the dash and now I can control the cargo light to turn on when I want it to be on.

Do I understand correctly? When the toggle switch is on, the cargo light works normally. When the switch is off, it doesn't turn on at all?

 

[mike_ct]

does this allow you to disable the cargo light from coming on when door open?

 

[drad5757]

does this allow you to disable the cargo light from coming on when door open?

It seems to me that that's the purpose. I don't mind it coming on, and don't see why it is a problem.

 

[Tat2GirlAz]

Do I understand correctly? When the toggle switch is on, the cargo light works normally. When the switch is off, it doesn't turn on at all?

Yeah I can turn the switch on and the light will operate like it did when it came from the factory. When the switch is off the cargo light will not turn on. To me that light is too fricking bright and causes undue attention.

 

[MattF]

You could just take the bulbs out