heartworm Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 My rear lights have stopped working, were working this morning, were not working this evening :S My headlights come on fine, but my sidelights do not, the rear fog light works, the rear brake lights work and the reverse and indicator lights all work, and idea where I should go hunting for a problem/ big job in a garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 rear lights are working this morning :S very odd. Joy, this will be fun to sort I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 need help, they stopped working again this afternoon :@ anyone had a similar situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraman.chris Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Sorry m8, not much help i'm afraid but i'l presume you've run plenty of checks on the fuses and their connections throughout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeyboy2k Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I had a very similar intermittent problem on my Escort. It turned out to be a dodgy switch on the stalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 I had a very similar intermittent problem on my Escort. It turned out to be a dodgy switch on the stalk. This was suggested to me today, should there be a clicking noise when its switching as i dont have one? if it was a fuse surely it wouldn't be so intermittent, as sometimes it works, other times not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fish Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 all i could think of was a fuse, or a loose connection ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 all i could think of was a fuse, or a loose connection ?! Loose connection could be a nightmare to find, wouldn't know where to start looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeyboy2k Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 This was suggested to me today, should there be a clicking noise when its switching as i dont have one? if it was a fuse surely it wouldn't be so intermittent, as sometimes it works, other times not? I don't know much about car electrics, but unless there is indeed a loose connection it shoud either work or not work (i.e. once a fuse has blown it won't work again without replacement). When I switch my lights on there is a clicking noise, identical to when I switch my rear wiper on - I'd check this next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Paul (Mr Ralphman) had this problem ages ago I think, turned out to be a dodgy fuse box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Paul (Mr Ralphman) had this problem ages ago I think, turned out to be a dodgy fuse box. Ill have a look at it properly on Saturday. Does anyone else have two rear fog lights though, when I switch my rear fogs on they work, and theres two of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberleyAnn Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 my soop has a millon electrical problems! 2 days after getting the car the dash started smoking, adn the head lights wernt working neither was the side light, then it all seemed to work? Needs re-wiring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRkYbOy72 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 My side lights arent working either. But my main HID lights do and all the others do. Strange ... Is there a separate fuse for the side lights or does the same fuse do the main and side lights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Ill have a look at it properly on Saturday. Does anyone else have two rear fog lights though, when I switch my rear fogs on they work, and theres two of them? I only have one rear for, and had an intermittent fault on my front indicator. It's working ok at the moment thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soop Dogg Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Tail lights are on the same circuit as side lights. (For obvious reasons when you think about it) I would check the connection at the fuse - not for a broken fuse, but to check that the connection at the box is good and there are no signs of any carbon build up on the ends of the fuse which would indicate that the connection has been weak and arcing. Other than that I'd also check the connector under the steering column, just down from the steering wheel - it's where the stalks wiring connects into a wide comb-like connector. Just make sure that's all tight. (You'll have to remove the column shroud to get at this but it's only 2 or 3 screws. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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