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Car is off, lights are off, in park, brake on and the dash lights will not turn off. All dimmers are off. Called jeep and they said they'll send roadside help tomorrow when it won't start. Help
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Disconnect the battery
done. Hope I don't have to do this every night. It's very cold so maybe it's a computer thing but it's only got 2k miles on it
 

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How long do the dash lights stay on? Mine usually stay on for about 30-40 seconds after I shut my jeep off until the computer goes to sleep
 

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Yes, the dash lights stay on for at least 30 seconds, possibly 60 seconds after you exit the vehicle.
 

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Turn it off, get out, lock the doors. Toss the keys in the house. Stare through the window at the dash. You’ll feel better.
 
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Did you try reconnecting? Maybe it just needed a reset
Dash lights stayed on for over 15 mins (until I disconnected the battery). It hasn't happened since. My guess is it DID need to be "reset". Hope it doesn't happen again but if it does I'd like to hear other ways of "resetting"
 
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Turn it off, get out, lock the doors. Toss the keys in the house. Stare through the window at the dash. You’ll feel better.
Thanks for the help
 

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Dash lights stayed on for over 15 mins (until I disconnected the battery). It hasn't happened since. My guess is it DID need to be "reset". Hope it doesn't happen again but if it does I'd like to hear other ways of "resetting"
Happened to me a few weeks ago and this afternoon. Both the times it happened in my home's garage. I opened the passenger door for a few seconds, shut it and locked. It shut off after a few seconds. Unlocked it, it turned on again but shut off again after 30 seconds or so as it should. It has been behaving since as I took it out again after a few hours.

Could it be possible the computer remains turned on sometimes for some routine tasks and hence the instrument and parking gear lights?
 

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Maybe this is same situation. Note transfer case in neautral, transmission in park, dash lights stay on, Transfer case in 2 wheel hi tansmission in Park lights go out.
Any new suggestions would be appreciated
 

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Car is off, lights are off, in park, brake on and the dash lights will not turn off. All dimmers are off. Called jeep and they said they'll send roadside help tomorrow when it won't start. Help
Have you found a fix for this? My 2016 is doing this. It seems to happen every 3 to 5 days.
 

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My 20 jl just started do this noticed it tonight wait to pick up our son. Maybe this is what caused both my batteries to die the other day. Going to try the reset when I get home.

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My 20 jl just started do this noticed it tonight wait to pick up our son. Maybe this is what caused both my batteries to die the other day. Going to try the reset when I get home.

Jeep Wrangler JL Help needed!! Dash lights won't turn off 9809ADD2-7EB6-4FE9-A27C-8E8E07BB453C
Did you figure it out? I’ve been getting random “accessories not available” something about the battery the last month or so, just noticed tonight that the dash lights didn’t go off. Waiting to see if I get the accessories warning again in the morning.
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