Interior Front lights

CornwallDisco · Feb 24, 2020

We have just taken delivery of a 2005 Disco 3 SE and have noticed that all the other interior light work as follows
Tailgate area ok
2nd Row seating OK
under door light OK
Footwell lights ok
Sunvisor lights ok
the issue is the above dashboard reading and courtesy lights.

Tried the holding central button for the reqd 10 secs but nothing and o read out in info screen.
Will check the bulbs

Nodge68 · Feb 24, 2020

CornwallDisco said:
Will check the bulbs

Wouldn't checking the bulbs be the first job?

lynall · Feb 24, 2020

CornwallDisco said:
We have just taken delivery of a 2005 Disco 3 SE and have noticed that all the other interior light work as follows
Tailgate area ok
2nd Row seating OK
under door light OK
Footwell lights ok
Sunvisor lights ok
the issue is the above dashboard reading and courtesy lights.

Tried the holding central button for the reqd 10 secs but nothing and o read out in info screen.
Will check the bulbs

The hold the buttion trick only stops them coming on when you open the doors/or ign on/off, otherwise they should still work when switched manually.
The whole light console pops out, maybe the mult plug on the back is disconnected?

You might not have noticed but the third row seat ones are switched, easy to miss.
The boot area one is a joke, no wheres near bright enough for the large area.

CornwallDisco · Feb 24, 2020

lynall said:
The hold the buttion trick only stops them coming on when you open the doors/or ign on/off, otherwise they should still work when switched manually.
The whole light console pops out, maybe the mult plug on the back is disconnected?

You might not have noticed but the third row seat ones are switched, easy to miss.
The boot area one is a joke, no wheres near bright enough for the large area.

Nodge68 said:
Wouldn't checking the bulbs be the first job?

That was one of the first things did today one bulb had been placed in such a way as to push the two metal bulb holder grips together so wasn't sitting correctly moved it apart and re seated the bulb and ensured all 3 were tight. I did notice a red colour connector hanging down in the space where the unit fits I didnt remove any connectors so if this one should be connected that might be the answer

gstuart · Feb 25, 2020

lynall said:
The hold the buttion trick only stops them coming on when you open the doors/or ign on/off, otherwise they should still work when switched manually.
The whole light console pops out, maybe the mult plug on the back is disconnected?

You might not have noticed but the third row seat ones are switched, easy to miss.
The boot area one is a joke, no wheres near bright enough for the large area.

plus 1 , the boot lights are useless, fitted some Leds in mine and made the world of difference

had a spare puddle light , still got to turn the writing round , lol

gstuart · Feb 25, 2020

CornwallDisco said:
That was one of the first things did today one bulb had been placed in such a way as to push the two metal bulb holder grips together so wasn't sitting correctly moved it apart and re seated the bulb and ensured all 3 were tight. I did notice a red colour connector hanging down in the space where the unit fits I didnt remove any connectors so if this one should be connected that might be the answer

hiya

if u don’t mind me saying , be very careful with wires behind the light as the front curtain airbag wires are there

spare wires are for , rain sensor/ auto light sensor , auto dip mirror and microphone, lamp map light, electric sun roof if fitted

There’s a circuit board inside the light which can blow , particularly if the metal bulb connectors were touching

easy to check with a multimeter to see if u have any volts present in the light

also if there shorted u can press the switch and they come on but not when u open a door , happened with my centre light , had to replace the entire unit

will have a look at a fuse diagram for u as I can’t remember if that light is fused on its own

hope that helps

gstuart · Feb 25, 2020

Here u go, ref the Wiring diagrams

gstuart · Feb 25, 2020

Fuse box

https://fusesdiagram.com/land-rover/fuses-and-relay-land-rover-discovery-3.html

gstuart · Feb 25, 2020

colour code pic

There’s plenty here if u get stuck , also does ur glove box light work plse

may i ask, do the lights come on when pressed and not when u open the door

I better stop gassing , lol

CornwallDisco · Feb 26, 2020

gstuart said:
colour code pic

There’s plenty here if u get stuck , also does ur glove box light work plse

may i ask, do the lights come on when pressed and not when u open the door

I better stop gassing , lol

View attachment 201502

All other interior lights work as they should when doors are opened or the vehicle is unlocked from the fob its just the 3 above the dashboard that do not work will take a pic of the unit removed with the spare?? connector hanging down

gstuart · Feb 26, 2020

CornwallDisco said:
All other interior lights work as they should when doors are opened or the vehicle is unlocked from the fob its just the 3 above the dashboard that do not work will take a pic of the unit removed with the spare?? connector hanging down

cheers , as they say a pic says a thousand words and have dealt with this myself

hope the info has been useful

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