VR Interior Light Not working

[gobrien002]

Hi Everyone,
I have a VR series II S and the interior light flashes on when the car is locked and unlocked remotely, but won't work otherwise, fuses tested OK, anyone seen this fault before? I'm looking for ideas on where to look to resolve the problem. Cheers

[totq]

You mean like when you open the doors the light doesn't come on?
Does it come on with any door open or none of the doors?
What about when you manually turn it on from the little switch mounted with the headlight switch?

[gobrien002]

Hi, No, it's dead on all points, doesn't work when any doors are open, or when I manually switch it on from the headlight switch. Just bought the car secondhand for my son and it has an after market radio fitted, just wondering if the installed could have screwed the light when he fitted the radio?

[Dragz]

hey had this in my vr, but the central locking went spazo to...what i did was i took out the main fuse under the bonnet and d/c the battery and took the fuse out from under the steering wheel cover and it fixed it ddnt have a problem with it nomore

[kopper69]

Not understanding totally. But the interior light above your head is not working? Have you checked bulb? fuses?

[gobrien002]

Thanks Dragz, I'll give that a go ... Cheers

[gobrien002]

Not understanding totally. But the interior light above your head is not working? Have you checked bulb? fuses?

Hi, The globe works when the doors are locked/unlocked with the button on the key, everything seems fine until you open a door then the light does not work.

[vnkid]

might be a fault on the connection to the accessories wire. try running a multi meter over all the wires/fuses that run to and from it. trace the wires to see if it connects to the right accessories etc.

[etch289]

vr interior light (above head ) not working proper
its good then when u drive for a while down the road ,a couple k's
THEN a burning smell comes from the interior fuse area

so next day i had to cut that burnt wire out, behind the fuse grid panel & fitted a blade fusible link & into-connecting the thick red feed wire & orange/blue

i thought i fixed it quite well ....at least for a couple days ,as interior light worked as it should
i was actually testing it by switching it on & off now & again & FORGOT it on whilst parked for about 5 hours , i felt where the wires & fuse are & not hot at all ,,
so I assumed TESTED & FIXED ,, but sure enough it shat itself as below later on

then driving along i had to pull over as that familiar burning smell came back & i quickly pulled fuse out which was blown
now of course interior light is not working again
i put insulation tape around inner turret frame as the grey plastic base was all brittle
other than that its got me boggered
any ideas as to wats causing this shorting out all the time ?????? thanx

[88GreenVN]

The interior light wire runs up the inside of the drivers piller and across the roof in the middle. There is a plug for it behind the kick pannel. Look at this plug (thick orange wires).

Basicly the wires go from the fuse bar to the plug and then up to the roof. Plenty of places for it to short as there are plenty of sharp edges in the roof for it to be cut. Have you moved anything of late?

But getting hot - have you changed the globe - can be the problem?

[etch289]

hi 88greenvn
no not that i recall moving any wires at all
except when had to repair it
i was thinking that too ...maybe the globe but even then if it is ..seems strange

[88GreenVN]

hi 88greenvn
no not that i recall moving any wires at all
except when had to repair it
i was thinking that too ...maybe the globe but even then if it is ..seems strange

Cheap to try I suppose (globe that is)

But if your getting lots of heat there is some place in the light loom that is not right.

The kick panel is easy to remove and check the plug - is it getting hot too?

Also the thick wire to the roof is very thick and would almost be impossible to cut in normall usage of the car. I'd be looking at each end of the wires. Is the fuse bar melted around the fuse?

[etch289]

no its not melted round the fuse bar at all ,might have to change that bulb and swap relay around etc

[etch289]

yeah had a look at suspect globe

its a tungsram 12 volt 18 watts

is that too high wattage ????

[etch289]

had a look at the kick panel wiring joiners all look ok esp. orange & orange/white stripe one