Static noise from ambient lights

[Nanashi]

2021 GCL Overland 4x4 with everything but the off-road package. Recently, I noticed a faint static noise when sitting in the car at night waiting for something or someone while letting it idle with the audio off. Today, I spent some time hunting down where the noise was coming from and pinpointed it to the ambient lights on the doors. I confirmed both the driver and passenger side front doors. I don't think the lights on the dash are emitting any noise and I did not check the rear doors. Playing with the settings a bit, the static went away when I manually turned off the ambient lights with the wheel next to the headlights knob. The noise also went away when I turned them up to full brightness. Essentially, with the ambient lights off or on at full brightness there was no noise. Anything in between, I hear a faint static noise from the lights in both front doors. I will confirm the lights in the dash and rear doors and post an update. Curious if anyone else has come across this in their vehicle? The best way to replicate it is to idle the car with the audio on mute, ambient lights on medium brightness or thereabout and turning the headlights on and off manually.

 

[GCOverland]

Haven't noticed that but to a certain degree, it would make sense. Between on and off, the lights are basically dimmed and I experienced often that dimmed lights cause a noise - either the lights itself or the light switch.