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geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

TD5 Interior Lights only activated by drivers door.

Is it normal for just the drivers door to activate the interior lights in a TD5 Defender?

For the life of me I cannot recall noticing it before. Guess it is just one of those things I have taken for granted...

Could this be just a setting in the 10AS alarm module?

30th Jan 2017 7:12pm

Romadog

Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Powys
Posts: 1750

Check the switches on the other doors.
Connections, function etc.

Remove wire and touch to earth, light should illuminate.

30th Jan 2017 7:23pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
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If the other doors are rarely used then the switches can start to play up

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30th Jan 2017 7:44pm

Nick666

Member Since: 23 Mar 2016
Location: Somerset / Dorset borders!
Posts: 81

1986 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel SW Yellow

Am I right in remembering the door switches earth through the mounting screws? My driver's door one was a bit sticky but freed up easily enough.

31st Jan 2017 12:42am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

Yes they earth through the screw

31st Jan 2017 1:03am

achuakh

Member Since: 12 Apr 2012
Location: Singapore
Posts: 161

If you have diagnostics, it's easy to check.

Look for passenger door and driver door. Just work the switches and they should show you high or low.

All doors are passenger doors while driver door is separate.

Failing which if you can't solve it, just connect them all to the driver door. It doesn't make a difference. The only difference is that the eka is entered through the driver door, so now you can also use any other door. The defender has migrated, leaving the owner behind.

31st Jan 2017 11:12am

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Thanks guys. Ok. Well I replaced all the switches a year ago, so perhaps it is a bad connection through the retaining screw. Kinda strange that they have all gone faulty at the same time.

Hi Achuakh I do have a nanocom, but I am still getting to grips with it. I assume that the this is in the 10as section. Will go and have a look.

Another job to add to the list

4th Feb 2017 11:50am

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

sent you PM re 10AS

4th Feb 2017 1:45pm

bogwert

Member Since: 03 Sep 2016
Location: Dundee
Posts: 194

Had a similar issue on ours with the passenger door. turned out the clip wasn't seated right on the switch.

It was as simple as take it off and seat it back home... done! Chris

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2003 Defender 90 TD5 CSW

6th Feb 2017 10:11am

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Hi Bogwert, same here

that is all it turned out to be. It is amazing how you can take automatic lights for granted, to the extent of not being certain that it has ever worked... Ludicrous...

6th Feb 2017 7:04pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

I'm sure there must be a better switch solution than the factory. It's a pretty unreliable design!

6th Feb 2017 10:02pm

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