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roger_howes
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Interior & Door lights stopped working
« on: Sep 18th, 2006, 10:09am » |
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Hello all,
Car has been standing for 5 days. None of the interior lights or door lights would work, including the illumination for the passenger visor.
Started the car & ran it for a short time - no difference.
Checked fuse 24 (Interior lights and Audio) and it was OK. Radio was working OK anyway.
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks.
Roger.
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stan
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #1 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 10:33am » |
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hi-check fuse no 36 in the aux fuse box,don't just look remove and replace with a different one,paul B had this problem with his lights went through a long list and ended up with this fuse it wasn't blown,but when changed lights worked  .hth
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roger_howes
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #2 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 10:55am » |
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Many thanks, Stan.
Will have a look tonight if I get home soon enough.
Roger.
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roger_howes
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #3 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 7:43am » |
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Thanks Stan, that did the trick.
I see that the fuse is for the battery power saver circuit, and is 10 amps.
My car was not originally fitted with door lights and illuminated passenger visor. I retro fitted these and took the power off the footwell lights. Perhaps I should have upped the rating of fuse 36! Or is it not as simple as that?
Do cars with factory fitted door lights have a higher than 10 amp fuse rating for fuse 36? I would be interested to hear from other owners.
My car was registered April '97.
Thanks again Stan.
Regards.
Roger.
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Tompion
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #4 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:25am » |
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The extra load for the lights doesn't go through this fuse, so it stays 10 amp.
Dave
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roger_howes
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #5 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 10:27am » |
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Thanks Dave.
Any suggestions why the fuse has blown?
Roger.
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Tompion
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #6 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 6:19pm » |
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Don't know why it might have blown, mine went when I had the interior light out to look at the aerial.
The other symptom was the warning buzzer going when I put it into drive.
Dave
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fat_kalim
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Re: Interior & Door lights stopped working
« Reply #7 on: Oct 20th, 2006, 12:06pm » |
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EXACTLY the same with me. when i took out the interior light
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