Boot light not working
Moderator: Moderators
-
- 2.0 HDI 110
- Posts: 9656
- Joined: Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:42 pm
- Location: The Countryside, Northern Ireland
- Contact:
Boot light not working
My saloons boot light has quit working, i have checked all the under the stering wheel fuses, and the bulb is fine, i cant get 12v on my multimeter from the bulb holder plug, i have took out the rear parcel shelf and checked all the wiring and its ok, and as for the button to say the boot is open i still am getting it up on the screen to say the boot is open. I have an led strip in the boot which draws power from the boot light, and it gets its positive from the boot light, and its negative is earthed to the metal of the car. What could be wrong here?
-
- Site Admin & Mad Biker!
- Posts: 6277
- Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:07 pm
- Location: Woking, Surrey
Re: Boot light not working
If it's the same as a D8 the boot lid switch goes dicky over time, I think it's a mercury jobby. I found that if you jiggle the boot lid around the light will come on.
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there

1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
-
- 2.0 HDI 110
- Posts: 9656
- Joined: Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:42 pm
- Location: The Countryside, Northern Ireland
- Contact:
Re: Boot light not working
i must need glasses, because i got a magnifing glass out at the fuse box and found there was a 10amp fuse had blown, and for some reason this being french electrics the seat memory was also lost without this fuse and the mfd had died, why would these 3 things be on the same fuse, but changing the fuse solved the problem.
- swiss
- 3.0 24v
- Posts: 1000
- Joined: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:34 pm
- Location: IM IN UR FACEBOOK ADING TEH STRANGES
Re: Boot light not working
It's because Piere le concepteur looks at the plans and goes 'zat one, zat one et zat one' then jams which ever bits he picked though the same fuse. After which, Francois comes along to f*ck up the soldering.
The man with no car
"Close the door on your way out, and don't forget your monkey."
"Close the door on your way out, and don't forget your monkey."