Instrument panel bulbs stay lit after key removed

[docepc]

What could be causing my instrument panel to stay lit with the key removed? Thanks for the help. - Eric

 

[BeepBeepRR]

What car? Ford Pinto?

 

[Don67Satellite]

What car? Ford Pinto?

 

[kiwigtx]

 

[BeepBeepRR]

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[AR67GTX]

First wild guess would be a worn ignition lock. But the flamming Pinto detour was entertaining.

Opps, you said with the key removed. Your lights don’t require the ignition to be on. Push the light switch off.

 

[pnora]

What could be causing my instrument panel to stay lit with the key removed? Thanks for the help. - Eric

No matter what car you have I hope you have the battery disconnected. You are either wired wrong or wires are melted together. Dash lights are never key operated.

 

[WileERobby]

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Some may think that's a custom paint job. But we all know what that is. Very apropo !

 

[moparedtn]

What could be causing my instrument panel to stay lit with the key removed? Thanks for the help. - Eric

Make? Model? Pics?

 

[BeepBeepRR]

The flame job is Ironic.. Kind of like this photo Truck full of tires with a flat tire.

Or this one... Irony at its best..

 

[Nacho-RT74]

What could be causing my instrument panel to stay lit with the key removed? Thanks for the help. - Eric

Dimmed or at full light?

 

[Fran Blacker]

That guy sitting on the tailgate looks a little tired!

 

[BeepBeepRR]

That guy sitting on the tailgate looks a little tired!

A little tired of all these MotherF'in tires on his motherF'in Truck.

 

[Rishi]

FYI, @docepc we are agreeing with you, that what you describe is bad. very bad. and may mean a melted wiring harness. Disconnect the battery until you figure it out. No point in letting things smolder.

 

[Cranky]

Sounds to me like you have a short somewhere.....

 

[Gold Rush]

Back in post #6 AR67GTX touched on something as simple as the light switch in wrong position, sending power to the dash lights. Never read any indication the OP or anyone else even read that post or if the OP did read it if he double checked the status of the light switch.