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Drevil

Member Since: 03 Jan 2022
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 121

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Indus Silver

Interior light

Before I start checking wiring etc, in a Puma 110 is the interior light meant to come on when the rear door is opened or just when one of the passenger doors is open?

Currently interior light is triggered by any of the four passenger doors, but not the rear (boot…what the hell do you call it??).

Cheers Tom

26th Jan 2022 10:55pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 19568

Yes,
should be all doors and that includes the rear. Check the switch and or replace it.
They are quite common to play up, you may find removing it and replacing it may do the trick without getting a new one.

They can often get stuck. Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨‍🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧

26th Jan 2022 11:01pm

Drevil

Member Since: 03 Jan 2022
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 121

Thought so, thanks. I’ll have a tinker with it

26th Jan 2022 11:18pm

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
Posts: 5417

2006 Defender 110 Td5 USW Zermatt Silver

I would put money on wire to door switch. Mines gone a few times

26th Jan 2022 11:33pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 19568

Yeah, it’s a very common thing.

It is ground switched, for those who don’t know. I find sometimes merely pushing in the switch and releasing it quickly a few times will even do the trick. You can try it with the interior lights on.

The rear one tends to be support more than any I find. Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨‍🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧

26th Jan 2022 11:48pm

Drevil

Member Since: 03 Jan 2022
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 121

landy andy wrote:
I would put money on wire to door switch. Mines gone a few times

Presume it’s gone at the switch end as opposed to some other random location?

Cheers

26th Jan 2022 11:55pm

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
Posts: 5417

Yes. The wire snaps at the connector that attaches to switch. In my experience

27th Jan 2022 9:21am

Drevil

Member Since: 03 Jan 2022
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 121

Thanks

27th Jan 2022 9:27am

Drevil

Member Since: 03 Jan 2022
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 121

Andddddd fixed.

Turns out that the auto electrician / moron who fitted the LED work light tapped into the OE wiring and pulled all the wires in silly directions meaning the pin switch could not fully extend. Clearly they were not a fan of soldering either………..

Some new wiring and bingo……………one working pin switch.

5th Feb 2022 3:04pm

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