VZ ex police door switch

[colk]

First of all, I have a VZ commodore ex-police executive which has had the doors isolated from the interior light, alarm etc. At present if I set the alarm with the window down and un-lock, then open the door manually, the alarm does not sound and the interior light does not come on. If I open the boot or bonnet the alarm sounds.

I have been told that there is a switch in the driver’s door to enable this back to standard which will allow the interior light and alarm to function from opening the door. Is this the standard interior light switch inside the door or is there some other of wiring/switch which I will need to re-connect?

Does anyone know roughly which service hole I can find the switch/wiring?

The reason for asking its location is I have the doors covered with Dynamat sound Deadening and do not want to have to take the whole sheet off to find its location.

Thanks for your help.

[andyman]

what about the switch in the dash for the light cancel, does that operate correctly?

[colk]

what about the switch in the dash for the light cancel, does that operate correctly?

Thanks for your reply andyman,

The interior light switch in the center console works fine but has no effect on the operation of the interior light when the door is opened.
The interior light will not come on when opening the door whether the light cancel switch in on/off. The standard interior light works fine when turning it on from the interior light switch on the roof.

The door switch does not triger the circuit for an open door, this also means the settings for automatically turning off the light when closing the door or keeping accessories on until the door is open also do not work (including the door alarm). I have heard somewhere that their is a cable disconnected or a switch which needs to be re-activated inside the door in the police cars? Has anyone heard of this?

[andyman]

from what your saying it sounds like your door switch is dud, with the door open play around with the switch and see if lights turn on or the radio turns off etc with the accessory control

also swap a switch from a passenger door to see if it fixes it,

the switch is near either the hinges or latch, i cant remember, i think it has 1 phillips head screw

[Torquative]

ive never heard of that, especially in VZ's.

Because ...

if a cop wants the interior lights off when they open the door they can use the roof mounted switch, or the blackout switch on the center console.

plus I dont believe the alarms are played with, especially not go activate when its supposed too.

Sounds like a suss door switch as Andy said. Perhaps switch it with the passenger door and see what happens. It would be possible for it to be stuffed with the constant opening/closing of the drivers door for the life of the car.

[andyman]

Sounds like a suss door switch as Andy said. Perhaps switch it with the passenger door and see what happens. It would be possible for it to be stuffed with the constant opening/closing of the drivers door for the life of the car.

door switches stuffing up is a known thing to break, but not really common

[colk]

Thanks for your advice, ill give it a go swapping the door switch and work from there.

I just have one question, is the drivers door the master i.e. if the drivers door switch is dead does this mean that the passenger doors will also stop functioning because at the moment none of the door switches appear to trigger the interior light?

[Torquative]

shouldnt do, perhaps there is a killswitch or something?

I assume youve got the roof console switch set to the middle setting so interior lights come on with door open and the blackout switch (if fitted) isnt switched "on"

[colk]

shouldnt do, perhaps there is a killswitch or something?

I assume youve got the roof console switch set to the middle setting so interior lights come on with door open and the blackout switch (if fitted) isnt switched "on"

Yeah mate that setting is on, I might give a dealer a call just in case its something local to SA Police cars.
If its a fualt they may even fix it under warranty?

[Torquative]

possibly, I'd give them a call and suss it out. I'm curious to know too!

[capatel]

Having same problem as colk! Have a VZ SS ex victorian police car and the interior lights dont work. My dad has a VZ exec ex police car with the exact same problem! With both cars the wiring in the fuse box has been changed and it looks like a non-standard wiring loom has been put in with a seperate fuse holder? I know nothing about cars but a mate who is a mechanic has been around the last couple of nights trying to diagnose the problem. We assume its not the door switches as I've set the radio to turn off when the door opens and that works fine. Is there a way to get hold of a wiring diagram?

[Torquative]

hmm thats interesting ... any news on this?

[andyman]

hmm thats interesting ... any news on this?

same im intrigued now to

[allenr]

I have just bought a ex new south wales rural fire service VZ (nsw police spec) and it has the same problem with the alarm not working on the doors. Bonnet & boot alarm work fine i am going to contact a guy who services the police cars and see what he comes up with.

[Torquative]

yeh coz mines ex NSW police and havent had an issue like that at all, then again mines missing all goodies like bash plates etc

BTW RFS cars are well looked after, their a good way of getting the police spec car without the thrashing associated

[andyman]

BTW RFS cars are well looked after, their a good way of getting the police spec car without the thrashing associated

i wouldnt say that at all, we service rfs vehicles and there very sketchy, police serviceing is very perdendic and done every 10,000km, brakes every 30,000km, diff oirl transmission oil every 30,000km etc.

rfs, on the other hand only go for the manufactorers specs, so every 15,000km, etc etc, IF they remeber to book it in, the last rfs car i did was 17,000km overdue, so 0 - 37,000km it had no oil changes done that was in a ve


the trucks, however are a different story, everything gets replaced every year

[allenr]

I checked out the service book ( yes it has one )and all the services have been done every 15000km at holden or a service centre. And as for the trucks it depends on what zone you are in...

[Torquative]

and our zones Acclaim and wagon used to be according to schedule too because theres no need to book them in any earlier as their essentially driven the same as a family car.