Interior Lights

[cos 4x4]

please help the interior lights started to flash on and off on there own when i was driving(and before you ask no kids in car and all the doors are shut) also central locking playing up

passenger footwell is soaking and the cubby under the passenger seat is damp

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have cleared scuttle drains and checked connection for rear wash wipe (there doesn,t appear top be one just striaght pipe)

help people :blink:

[Bigjeeze]

See DOA's answer above!!!!

 

Cos these are classic signs of water in the control box. The box of tricks that controls the interior lights and the windows and central locking is under the front passenger seat. When you get a leak - either as aresult of the scuttles blocking or the washer pipe bursting or even a leaking window - this area floods and it buggers up the box. This happened to my Mk1 - after finding and fixing the leak (scuttles in my case) I removed the box opened the case - drained out the water - and as mine was covered in greenish gunky stuff I washed and scrubbed it under the tap then put it in the oven for a while to help it dry.

 

Once I put it back together it all seemed to wrk fine - and in fact is still working.

 

I did seal the box and also encased it in plastic and now I am paranoid about blocked scuttles so check them every couple of weeks.

 

I took the inner wings off to get at the scuttles and that seems to be the best way as leaves and other muck collects at the drainage points and cause the problem.

 

Good Luck :blink:

[cos 4x4]

will have to check on the weekend when its dry

 

also do you have to take the front seats out to remove the front carpet

[cos 4x4]

and how the bloody hell do you change the pollen filter when you,ve got size twelve hands as i have read that you can get leaks from there to

[Bigjeeze]

and how the bloody hell do you change the pollen filter when you,ve got size twelve hands as i have read that you can get leaks from there to

 

I am 6'3" and have hands like a baboon! It is difficult but it can be done. Small hands don't help unless it's someone elses doing it for you!! B)

[Bigjeeze]

Try this : http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...l=pollen+filter

[cos 4x4]

and how the bloody hell do you change the pollen filter when you,ve got size twelve hands as i have read that you can get leaks from there to

 

I am 6'3" and have hands like a baboon! It is difficult but it can be done. Small hands don't help unless it's someone elses doing it for you!! B)

doing what dare i ask lol

[cos 4x4]

thank god i,ve finally found my water leek at last after having the windscreen changed which was de bonded in places it still didn,t cure it but went in the car yesterday whilst it was raining and i could see the rain seeping in over the passenger side door seal so it,s off to frauds to get a new pair

 

does anybody know how much they cost and are they cheaper form vw or fords cause i had to get a clock light last yeat fords

[nosniktap]

I have got the problem with the interior lights coming on but under the passenger seats is as dry as a bone, and the lights only come on when i turn left reasonably hard!

[Guest 3.5bullet]

I have got the problem with the interior lights coming on but under the passenger seats is as dry as a bone, and the lights only come on when i turn left reasonably hard!

 

 

possible dodgy door switch? loose doors? do they rattle at all? one of them could be opening slightly as you yank on the steering wheel! moisture in the switches? are the rubber covers on the switches in good condition?

[NikpV]

switch stood on by kids???

[nosniktap]

ive sat in the car an pushed my feet on all doors to try and simulate going round a corner, and, apart from looking like a prat in my driveway, the lights only come on when the car is moving.....very strange!

[Guest 3.5bullet]

ive sat in the car an pushed my feet on all doors to try and simulate going round a corner, and, apart from looking like a prat in my driveway, the lights only come on when the car is moving.....very strange!

 

in that case try the loom to the ignition switch/steering column! or even the ignition switch? the interior lights/courtesy lights are controlled by the ignition switch, it could be that as you yank on the wheel you operate/short out this circuit and switch the lights on?