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piglet
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Auto lights mucking about

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Happy new year all.

I had this before a while back but it was doing my head in last night driving across France.
Lights would repeatedly dip themselves and engage auto lights, I would put them back and seconds later it would do it again.

Didn't do after Eurotunnel, so maybe the 'turn it off&on again' cleared the fault.

Anyone had this?
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Doggy
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Re: Auto lights mucking about

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A dodgy COM2000 lighting stalk can do this.
Cheapest solution is disabling the auto lights function with PP2000.
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Re: Auto lights mucking about

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As Doggy says, this feature can be disabled using PP2000.

My old 406 did this and would be a royal pain in the arse, to the stage where the lights would refuse to even switch on, or turn themselves off when I indicated.. :shock:

If you are happy to have your car off the road for a few days - the comms unit can be sent away to be repaired for about £30, which is cheaper than a replacement.
Here are the details;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMM-2000-PEU ... xyF0pTgGxf
The chap is Graeme and is a thoroughly decent man who knows his stuff.
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Re: Auto lights mucking about

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Thanks guys,
Disabling sounds easiest, need to find someone with PP2000.
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Re: Auto lights mucking about

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Have a look on this map - http://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid ... 2C28.54248 - and send a PM to the person nearest you :cheesy:
2003 2.2hdi estate - mine
1998 Volvo 940 auto estate - also mine
2019 Citroen C3 something - the wife's
PP2000 user, can help with faults / diagnostics in the Bournemouth area.
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