Got my GU, annoying door switch problem

[Yendor]

Yes, if your switch ends up being faulty you can just disconnect it.

Does your vehicle have an aftermarket alarm fitted?

[Hodge]

Yes, if your switch ends up being faulty you can just disconnect it.

Does your vehicle have an aftermarket alarm fitted?

Nope it doesn't. Stock as rock.
Generally I wouldn't care, and the light on dash doesn't annoy me at all. It's the interior lights at night that are handy and I can't use them, unless I manually turn them off/on, and thus giving me a chance to forget to turn one off, and there goes the battery.

[daggy]

I had similar problems a few weeks ago, interior lights and door dash light coming on and off. Very nearly pulled the car apart and was about to get expensive. Found a thread on here, pulled out the roof light bulb and reinstalled. All fixed. Seems the corrigation were enough to shift the bulb and cause a bad earth.

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[trekster]

Checked my series one today, no 2nd switch on the large door, checked all around it and couldn't see it, definitely did have one on small door though.... (maybe larger one was only in later models?)


Cheers.

[Hodge]

OK folks, problem fixed!!!
Large rear, panel off, pair of wires going down to the bottom latch point, where the trigger switch seems to be. I messed around trying to fix so the switch initiates when door shuts, but in the end I just disconnected it as per the photo. Problem fixed!!
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[Lemo79]

Great stuff, I had the trim off my door on Sunday to adjust the hinge and snapped a shot of the same plug for you. The switch appears to be in the latch. Can,t see that disconnecting it would be a prob, the little door switch is going to tell you if either are open.

To little to late........

[Hodge]

Great stuff, I had the trim off my door on Sunday to adjust the hinge and snapped a shot of the same plug for you. The switch appears to be in the latch. Can,t see that disconnecting it would be a prob, the little door switch is going to tell you if either are open.

To little to late........

Many thanks for that. Yeh I had enough this morning and just went for it, so nice to jump in the car tonight and the light turns on when you open the door, and off when you shut it. Haven't had this function since buying this GU. lol

[Evo]

Hey guys,

Bit late but I had a similar problem.
Was neither issue described.
Large door was shut, but the bottom wasn't completely shut, which didn't allow the smaller door to completely shut either.
Small bumps/corrugations, light intermittently coming on.
What made me really notice was interior light stayed on one night after locking car.
Turned out that the rear door needs to be shut properly and problem solved.

Evo