vt courtesy lights in doors

[slidways]

Ok this is already posted in the vt section but no one there can help me.

I have a 99 ser1 vt berlina i got me sum vx calais door trims the ones with the courtesy lights in them ive hooked up the 2 wires with are inside the door taped to the wiring loom and they dont turn on my berlina never had these lights only the wires 4 them can any1 help me to find out wots wrong here all my other lights work fine

Cheers: Slidways

[HATER VP]

Check with a test light

[slidways]

ive check that and theres no power going to these wires can any one tell me y this is and how 2 fix it

[HATER VP]

Im still not 100% sure what your on about. What colours are they.
Because its a Calais option, I think there will be something on the other end that needs to be pluged into, but it might not even be there

[slidways]

the wires colours are one is red and one is white

[HoZy]

Check the attachment, Might have to save to your computer then view it, took it straight from my dad's gregories, he has a vt calais, the lower spec VT is left side, the Calais spec is right side, Low/High series diagrams


I highlighted all things to take note of

Hope it helps a bit.

Cheers
MaT

[slidways]

OK that is most helpful i now know i need to get a calais control module only thing is i have every thing else in the high series diagram but my door lights dont work ill get a control module from a calais and see wot happens also were is this control module located and pics would be greatly helpful

[HoZy]

I have an idea man, Patch onto the wires from your interior light.......

EG: Find a constant 12v+ and wire the positive of the lights to that, Then for the negative, u know that switch that opens/closes when doors open /closed, bridge the negative- wire off that, that's what creates the circuit... If you pull off your sill panels both sides, follow the wires. Works out a bit more fiddly, But cheaper than getting a Calais BCM.

Cheers
MaT

[Tasmaniak]

don't bother with the BCM. There will be a constant power wire on the power lock actuator. (pink?) If you check that connector again with a multimeter you will probabl find that one is wired into the door switch. Using the "continuity" setting on your multimeter, put one lead to earth and the other on one of the plugs in the door. It shouldn beep at you until you push the door button back. Tap the earth wire from the lights into that and hey presto. Similar to what mat suggested but keeps all you wiring in the door.

[slidways]

Sorry i havnt been on 4 a couple of days but those ideas are smart as i ll give them ago tomorrow and let every1 know how it went

[Driftwagon]

I treid the same thing with the same results, reason being the loom in the doors is Calais but where it mates to the body is Berlina, you are missing the power wire and the second door sense wire, easiest way to get around this is to tap into the positive side of the glove box light and connect that to the positive side of the door loom light. Also the Calais has a 2 pole door switch whereas the rest have a single pole, not a biggie but if you opt to tap into the single wiring all the door lights will come on when any of them are open (excluding drivers - runs off a different circuit), otherwise get the 2 pole switches and connect the 2nd pole to the -ve side of the light. Hope this helps.

PS Use the glovebox light for power as this one is controlled by the BCM and if you accidently leave your interior light on or a door open it wont flatten your battery eventually as the BCM will switch it off.

[ruredi]

I have just wired up all the courtesy lights on my VX Berlina! It's totally doing my head in!!!

So I took the standard door looms out and replaced them with Calais ones so I have the extra plugs. I ran the orange (+ve) wires to a constant power source and the white (-ve) to the door pins which control the interior light on/off when the door is open/closed.

Now the drivers one works perfectly!!! However the RHR, LHR and LHF all come on and off together no matter which door you open (excluding the drivers)

I realise now that the drivers door is on it's own circuit and this is the reason why but how the bloody hell do I get around the others? What is the best and easiest way to do it so they function individually/correctly!

Your help is much appreciated...I've been working on it for three days it's doing my head in to the point where I'm
About to stick the test light in my eye!!!

[MattaY[s2]]

I know the threads dead but i'm about to do this and was just wondering how you got it to work?