Re: [doc] Drivers door lights do not work!! Any Guesses!

[Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need to familiarise yourself with the wiring diagram. The door 
lights operate on a switched ground system that independently turn each 
door's lights on and *either* also operates the door ajar and the 
interior lights. You should expect the doors to be "hot" at all times. 
You need to get at that cluster of diodes on the left side of the centre 
tunned under the stereo and check continuity to the feed from the 
driver's door - they're all colour-coded. The multiways under the roof 
are a common cause of complaint as they are prone to getting wet. I 
would give you an answer in more detail but even though I've trouble 
shot (shooted?!) this sort of problem many times, I still don't know all 
the codes off the top of my head, and my diagram is firmly stuck to the 
wall of the workshop :-) Give us a ring tomorrow and I can walk you 
through it.

One silly quirk of the door lights is that the red wires are actually 
the grounds and the black are held at 12v. That little woopsie had me 
puzzled for ages when testing mine way back!

Martin

Craig Churchill wrote:

>Hi All
>   
>  Here is  aproblem that has me stumped!  The drivers door lights have never worked since i go the car!  I took off the panel and put a circuit teaster to them and there is power!  When i earthed the plue/purple wire all 3 came on!!!!
>   
>  So i guess the door switch supplies earth to light up the door switches!!  I also take it that there is a break in the Blue/purple wire on the way to the switch!!!
>   
>  Has anyone ever heard of this problem?  Could there be an obvious place where this wire has broken (i hope its not in the T Panel!) Are there any tests i could do?  Are the 3 diodes by the accelerator a probable cause?
>   
>  Just to recap there is power but the door switch does not activate them....earthing the blue/purple IN THE DOOR activates the lights!!
>   
>  Any help appreciated 
>   
>  Craig 
>  DOC 20
>  VIN 16723
>  
>




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