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Interior light problem

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Anyone have any idea about this problem, driving last night my interior light and courtesy lights came on all by themselves, this coincided with the switch on the dash for the door locks stopping working. The lights will not go off unless I remove the fuse, however this causes alarm and central locking to go off. As i was at work last night I removed the bulbs/holders from the courtesy lights and turned off interior light to stop the battery dying. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the problem and a possible fix.

The central locking still works on the key fob if this helps.

Any ideas appreciated.

The car is a 98 2.5 UK car (rhd)

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Anyone have any idea about this problem, driving last night my interior light and courtesy lights came on all by themselves, this coincided with the switch on the dash for the door locks stopping working. The lights will not go off unless I remove the fuse, however this causes alarm and central locking to go off. As i was at work last night I removed the bulbs/holders from the courtesy lights and turned off interior light to stop the battery dying. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the problem and a possible fix.

The central locking still works on the key fob if this helps.

Any ideas appreciated.

The car is a 98 2.5 UK car (rhd)

Dan

I would have to guess that you have a defective door switch. That's one thing in common with all three because it's acting like one of the doors isn't closed.

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daniel99weed

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Anyone have any idea about this problem, driving last night my interior light and courtesy lights came on all by themselves, this coincided with the switch on the dash for the door locks stopping working. The lights will not go off unless I remove the fuse, however this causes alarm and central locking to go off. As i was at work last night I removed the bulbs/holders from the courtesy lights and turned off interior light to stop the battery dying. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the problem and a possible fix.

The central locking still works on the key fob if this helps.

Any ideas appreciated.

The car is a 98 2.5 UK car (rhd)

Dan

I would have to guess that you have a defective door switch. That's one thing in common with all three because it's acting like one of the doors isn't closed.

Is there any easy way to check this

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I would have to guess that you have a defective door switch. That's one thing in common with all three because it's acting like one of the doors isn't closed.

Is there any easy way to check this

I would agree with Wardhog. This happened to me -The courtesy lights came on when driving. Then the central locking played up but the remote still locked the car. Then the passenger door lock failed. I would stick a post on here to see if anyone has a PST2 near you to find out which switch/lock it is. If it is the lock get it changed before it fails-especially if it fails like it did with me- with the door locked.

daniel99weed Member

daniel99weed

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I would have to guess that you have a defective door switch. That's one thing in common with all three because it's acting like one of the doors isn't closed.

Is there any easy way to check this

I would agree with Wardhog. This happened to me -The courtesy lights came on when driving. Then the central locking played up but the remote still locked the car. Then the passenger door lock failed. I would stick a post on here to see if anyone has a PST2 near you to find out which switch/lock it is. If it is the lock get it changed before it fails-especially if it fails like it did with me- with the door locked.

Took car into local specialist and it was a faulty switch in the door lock(passenger side), they played around with the switch and solved it straight away. They say if it goes again it will need replacing

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