Developed an earthing problem - rear lights

DIFFLOCK66 · Dec 30, 2013

Hmmm..

So upon selecting left indicator, it and both rear foglights flash. Right hand indicator operates as it should.

I seem to remember somewhere in the paperwork I got with the Disco that there'd been an issue with the left hand rear lights - I'll have to "unearth"

the paperwork and have a shufty at a circuit diagram to see what earth point(s) might be affected.

Always summat eh?

phil540uk · Dec 30, 2013

The earth header is just through the little access hatch to the side as you open the tailgate.

Might be the earth in the light unit itself that has gone bad though. You could try soldering a new wire onto the earth track and tap into the earth header below where that access hatch is.

DIFFLOCK66 · Dec 31, 2013

Ta Phil! I'll have a look in daylight

DIFFLOCK66 · Jan 1, 2014

The earth headers behind the access panels are clean and dry - multiplugs with several black wires going to each. Nuts checked and tight/ It's raining hard outside so not checked the indicator light plugs themselves; 2001 D2, not facelift, so the indicaotrs are low down in the bumper with the rear fog lights. Problem has not gone away....

phil540uk · Jan 1, 2014

It could just be full of wet mud round the plugs then, they are in a bad spot for getting full of it down there.

DIFFLOCK66 · Jan 1, 2014

phil540uk said:
they are in a bad spot for getting full of it down there.

..and looking at your avatar pic I fully understand what you mean!

phil540uk · Jan 1, 2014

Haha yeh driving through thick muddy paste like that doesn't help.

Surprising how even just motorway grime will build up round there though as it's not somewhere you wash routinely.

DIFFLOCK66 · Jan 5, 2014

Problem solved..... for now - Took the plug off the back of the light, scraped the pins, and the sockets as best I could and blasted it with switch cleaner. As I was moving the calbe around the problem was re-occurring, but I think it's fine; gave it a couple of slaps once I'd re-installed the light in the bumper, but couldn't make it repeat the problem

Developed an earthing problem - rear lights

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