how can so many chevy dealerships "not" spot the problem with 1 corvette?

Question

it just boggles my mind that i've taken my car around the west coast and 5 different dealer repair shops have taken it ran all the tests after i told them what the problem was and none can figure it out,they just charge me for looking and whatever they said needed fixing now it's doing something that i think they did on purpose. the lights go on when it gets dark and off when it's light all by themselves and wont let me turn them off unless the car is off and the door is open.

is this a joke on me? how is this possible?

and im sorry, i dont mean my interior lights, i am talking about my outer lights that flip up when i get in a parking lot and then shut off when i leave but i have no control. this didn't happen till i got the car back from them 2 days ago. and now it wont start and im stuck at a hotel in san jose with it waiting on AAA to come see if they can help me at the momnet

i know about the automatic lights but i've owned the car for 5 months now and it's never done this before, so it must have been broken before is what im reading on the answers so far but i'll repeat, this has never happened before and i've always had control to turn off when i wanted to

Answer 1

It sounds like you have the automatic lights on your Vette. They are designed to do this. You should have a little bubble type thing on the dash that is a light sensor and controls the lights. This is a standard system on a lot of Chevys. My Sliverado has this. I wouldn't worry about it, just let it work like it was designed to. Read your manual. There is usually a way to kill the lights while sitting still with the car running. Sometimes as simple as settimg the parking brake before starting the car.

Answer 2

Its not a problem. It susposed to do what you described.
Also the radio doesn't shut off until you open the door.
You can unplug the daytime running lamp module thats
located behind the radio, or you can solder a jumper wire on the module to disengage the drl funcntion. Another trick is to remove the photo sensor in the defroster vent, and run a wire instead. You can find details on all these tricks at Steves SS #670 website. Try running a search for SS #670.

Answer 3

Sounds like a minor electical problem. Your car have a light sensor (meaning that it can tell when it is light and dark outside), this sensor is used to help turn the headlights on and off (if you use that setting).
Now I am assuming you are referring to a problem with your interior lights. Sounds like they might have mis-wired them.

Also, dealer repair shops seem to hose people whenever they can. I have diagnosed problems before, specifically told them what to do... and they still charge to diagnose it themselves.

Answer 4

a joke question right.?