Glovebox light stays on when headlights are on

Yes, that's the way it works. Apparently, it's cheaper to let it glow than put in a switch that would need fixing. Have you checked the fridge?

 

<_< There are numerous previous comments regarding the lower Glove Box light.

When I first began to post questions on PriusChat, I, too, asked questions which had been answered numerous times before. That gave me a good lesson: Use the "Search" feature and explore posts for at least several weeks prior to asking a question which has been answered. I suppose I am a slow learner

 

Yes, that's normal

What would be abnormal is if your Glove Box Light went off when you turned your headlights off

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Feb 7 2007, 06:55 PM) [snapback]386630[/snapback]</div>

It's not cheaper to repair a switch, it's cheaper to NOT have the switch to begin with. But how much can a glove box switch add to cost of the vehicle? Pretty lame in my opinion of Toyota.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tempus @ Feb 7 2007, 04:18 PM) [snapback]386698[/snapback]</div>

yes THAT would be abnormal. and thank goodness your Prius is normal. iow, the glovebox light is on ALL the time. headlights or not

 

When I had my Prius I found that if I rearranged the contents of my lower glovebox so that something black was on top, the light wouldn't reflect out of the cracks around the glove box door. If I had a white sheet of paper on top, the light reflected back would be pretty noticeable. Try rearranging the stuff in your glovebox some late evening and see what happens.

- Bill

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ltu1542hvy @ Feb 8 2007, 10:25 AM) [snapback]386925[/snapback]</div>

Or, just tell your passengers that's where the Nuclear Reactor is kept