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Interior light timer doesn't work

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Half an hour later I checked on the lights and they are still on.
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I hope this question is appropriate for this group. Just got a 2005 Boxster (wife's car!) and it is wonderful with a couple of exceptions as always. One that is bothersome is that the middle position of the interior light switch is supposed to dim the interior lights (dome and footwell) after 30 seconds or something like that if the car is left unlocked. In this car they never dim at all. Half an hour later I checked on the lights and they are still on. The light switch is definitely in the center position. Clicking it to the off position turns the lights off. Clicking it to the on position produces a perceptible flicker of the lights so the switch appears to be operating. Of course it's possible that the switch is somehow in "on" mode in both center and on positions. Question is: what component in the car controls the timer delay? Is it the "Porsche Control Unit" for lock/unlock and alarm function? Or maybe the dome light/switch unit itself or maybe related circuitry around there with the Home Link stuff? I can't wait for the service manuals to become available for these cars!

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