Important! : strange interior lighting problem!!!

6th October 2010, 19:08

my dial lights have stopped working also the little light behind the pictures shoing where the air con is pointing and at what temp. i checked all the fuses buut this isn't the problem. i was trying to fix my sub i though i jus put a load of power through and fucked it. but maybe not as none aof the fuses are broken.

any help???

6th October 2010, 19:29

BUMP! need help. can't drive at night as i can't see how fast am goin lol

6th October 2010, 20:24

bump bumo

6th October 2010, 20:46

it could be the battery?

6th October 2010, 20:47

You sure you haven`t moved the little thumbwheel under the ignition column shroud?O`h & uk saxo`s don`t have aircon LOL.

Steve.

6th October 2010, 22:03

lol ok, the blower thingy

i tell u what i aint actually tried that lol. does that control all the lights?

and

how cud it be the baterry? the battery works the car starts... what do u mean?

6th October 2010, 23:40

also the bonging sound wen u leave ur lights on and open the door dosen't bong. maybe all these are connected somehow?

7th October 2010, 08:01

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Originally Posted by chunkyblader

also the bonging sound wen u leave ur lights on and open the door dosen't bong. maybe all these are connected somehow?

The lights left on noise is controlled by a fuse

Steve.

7th October 2010, 09:52

yh checked the fuses, there all fine. loose connection maybe?

10th October 2010, 16:08

Mate

You say you checked the fuse but have you changed it.

Fuse 12 top left is a 5a fuse, It controls the lights on alarm, Dash lights, front sides, one rear and some of the entertainment.

My lad had the same on his (caused by him when he fitted the stereo).

If you change the fuse and the problem still exists, check the connection behind the box.

10th October 2010, 16:12

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Originally Posted by Sons_Saxo

Mate

You say you checked the fuse but have you changed it.

Fuse 12 top left is a 5a fuse, It controls the lights on alarm, Dash lights, front sides, one rear and some of the entertainment.

My lad had the same on his (caused by him when he fitted the stereo).

If you change the fuse and the problem still exists, check the connection behind the box.

Actually, thinking about it, the best thing to do is to disconnect all the Stereo stuff, Change the fuse and see if the lights on alrm works. I'll wager it will and then you will know the problem is with the Sound system. That's how i found his problem. ALso, take care as you may find you have one tail light out too.

10th October 2010, 23:20

yh i found i hate two tail lights out. i canged the fuse 12 and it still blew wenever i turned stuff on. so i took fuse 1 out and put 12 back in and it worked fine. so now am drivin without a fuse 1. obviously can't last forever. so i need to fix it. the stereo work but the subwoofer doesn't. i replaced the fuse in the sub power wire and the remote cable and still nothing. i have no idea now

13th October 2010, 15:10

Without wanting to sound patronising, Everything worked ok until you fitted the woofer, then it didn't. That suggests that there is either something wrong with the woofer itself or the way you fitted it.
The best thing you can do now is completely disconnect the subwoofer and the stereo and make sure all the fuses are fitted and intact

Now switch on and check everything works
Assuming it will,
Check the wires in both the multi pin plugs that plug into the stereo.
Any signs of wear or shorting.
Don't be fooled into thinking that just because the stereo works, the wiring is OK, the one i took out had 1 earth and 3 power feeds, 1 main (red) and 2 auxilliary. God knows why (maybe one for the subwoofer???)

Stereo was working fine but one of the other feeds was shorting out and blowing fuse 12.
Insulated it, Jobs a good un !

You really don't want to be driving without fuse 1 (warning lamps and gauges, Coolant Temp control unit!!)

13th October 2010, 16:38

i had the woofer in for about 4 months and it was working fine. to be honest i think theres seperate problems. i took it to a mate and he fixed it all. so i have a fuse 1 now and all ecltrics work fine. but no sub still. am pretty sure its something wrong with the amp itself as i checked there was power with a thing that looks like a screw driver. (can't remember what it called.) and it has a remote lead and a good earth. both fuses are fine and have been replaced. so at the end of the day i think its jus blown inside somehow.

13th October 2010, 17:03

check you havent caught the wireing loom when messing with the sterio! iv done it in my old 106 before now fitted a new sterio,turned out it has snagged the wireing as i pushed it back in and has loosend the plug on the back of the dials,might be worth taking dials out and haveing a check,shouldnt do though as they have a little white tab holding them in! but mine wernt origonal and these obv hadnt been put back on by the prev owner making the connection loose

i tried all sorts for ages fuses etc etc and this was the last thing i tried and that solved it

and also check the earth on the door switces for the light warning,the screw is a spechal earthed one it will only work wth the same screw back in them useually so check that isnt corrded or anything if so replace it and thats that sorted aswell

13th October 2010, 20:29

thanks alot matey, i'll have alook. i got most stuff fixed now, but the subs still playin up. i tried a diff headunit and it still didn't work. but i think ur right about snagging wires in the loom. i did alot of work on the centre console and stuff so i prob have snagged sumit. thanks alot