Glove box light
- Thread starter Towser
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Another example of penny cost cutting. Like no readout for tire pressure. Seems like most every manufacturer does this.
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- South Carolina
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- 12 MZ5 13 CX-5
My 2004 MS3 had a glovebox light, and my 2012 MZ5 has a built in space for one, though it didn't have one from the factory. I simply added it. I used the exact same light as the MZ3, fit perfectly.
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- Pueblo county CO
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- CX-5 Sport 16.5 6M
I think my '86 626 had a light that came on with the headlights.
So did my ‘93 MX-6
If the Sig has one I wonder if the harness is there on all models? Likely has a cutout for the light as well.
It only comes on when there’s less daylight. When I first got it I thought something was wrong because I had a couple of previous cars where the light came on as soon as you opened the box.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
The factory glove compartment light found on the CX-5 Signature doesn’t have a switch triggered by the glove compartment door, but gets turned on only when you turn on the parking lights or head lights. Of course this means the glove compartment light will be on as long as the parking / head lights are on, even if the glove compartment door is closed. Not really a good design but Mazda does save the cost of a switch.
Several people had tried, but they couldn’t find any existing wiring and connector nearby from those CX-5’s without factory glove compartment light.
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- 2019 CX-5 AWD
The overhead lights are very bright when upgraded from incandescent to LED. If you replace the interior bulbs with a set of DE3175 (a $7 upgrade) you will see a huge difference. Takes only minutes to replace all of them, all you need is a flat screwdriver to pry the lens covers off.
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
If not having a glove box light was a concern for me, I would be tempted I add a small battery powered stick-on light somewhere inside of the box.
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- Mazda
Why can't you use a USB port for power then a simple rocker or toggle switch and then add a simple LED light? This can't be more than an hour project and maybe 30 dollars in parts?
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- 2019 CX-5 AWD
I have a few of these switched lights (the LED portion) mounted with 3M VHB tape in a few places in the interior. About the diameter of a quarter but able to light up the interior without drawing from the car battery. The DE 3175 overhead lights are plenty powerful to see what's in the glovebox.
If I were a thief checking for unlocked doors I would be seriously annoyed the CX-5 did not have a lit glove box.
