2 questions A/C and gate....

Curious for input from other Santa Fe owners. I have a 2002 GLS 4wd, and when I open the back gate, the interior light does not come on. Is this normal? Second question is when I first start up the vehicle and turn on the heater the A/C button lights up turned on. Not a big deal I push the a/c button and it shuts off and it all works fine. I can turn the fan all the way off and back on the A/C does not light up again unless I shut the vehicle off, start it up and turn the fan on to get some heat, the A/C defaults to on. Is this normal? Otherwise the Santa Fe runs great is very comfortable and meets all the requirements I had for the it. I am just curious if I the interior light is supposed to come on when the gate is opened, and why the A/C comes on by default when I turn the fan on.

I was looking at other Santa Fe message boards and found that when the ventilating system is blowing on the windshield it defaults to having the A/C on to help clear the windshield faster and dry the air out. If you examine the controls, the ones that include the windshield are green. Neato! Now I just need to find out if the dome light is supposed to come on when I open the gate. Or if maybe there are "cargo lights".....

There is a rear cargo light in the rear cargo area.

Open up your rear hatch. (The arrow indicates where the cargo light is at).
http://santafemods.com/images/IntLights/5OpenhatchLocation.jpg

The switch should have three postions you can set.
Off, Auto and Always On. Set it to the middle and that should take care of it.
http://santafemods.com/images/IntLights/4HatchLight.jpg

TS out