Cowboi

i looked out of the window a few nights ago to find my nova was lighting up the house opposite.

i feared the worse tbh and walked out side expecting to find a broken window or something.

but there was nothing, was all locked up and alarm was on and hadnt gone off.
it was raining but not much.

i turned the lights switch on and nothing happened except the buzzer came on because the door was open.
turned the switch off and nothing changed.

in the end i just pulled the plugs off both lights and disconnected the battery.

any got any ideas why it may have done this?
im going to go and connect it all back up and see what happens.
but even if it is ok i would like to find out what caused it because if it happens when im out the battery will die and i'll be stuck.

are the lights a switched live or neg?

Cowboi

just connected everything back up and they are still on permenantly.

Stavros

dunno, but my last car that had strange electrical problems like that caught fire and burnt out on the motorway one evening.

hope this helps

stav

filthyrichie

there is a relay under the r/h dash on some models that jams on ,black box is all i can remember so dont ask for pics but this cud be the fault , think ive had 1 before

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

if its anything like my old N plate mk3 astra, in the passenger footwell behind the kick panel on the side, there is 2 massive multiplugs which connects the car's wiring loom together. Water had got in somewhere and shorted everything together, caused the indicators to flash permanently, interior light to flash with indicators, fuel gauge to go up to max when i opened the door, everything!!!!!

Could be worth a look here?

rst230bhp

iTrader: (1)

similar thing happend on my s2 a week later the fusebox burnt out, burning part of the wiring loom, id definatly get it checked out asap mate.

Cowboi

i'll look about in the fuse board and passenger footwell.

then start playing with the relays.

hopefully it wont catch fire

Cowboi

just incase any one is interested for the future, it was a small box on the loom that is the dim dip unit. it stops you driving with just your sidelights on in the dark. pointless EU bureaucracy and apparently not required in the UK.

so its in the bin and everything is working fine now!

Cowboi

u was bang on btw mate!
in a nova its under the dash on the right.

on some other cars its at the back of the ash tray i think