Left hand indicator and number plate light

victorgte · 23rd September 2014, 17:00

Dropped into my local auto electrician as both are playing up.

When indicating left the lights flash too fast and then sometimes perform as normal. Got out of the car and all 3 lights are working. He says it might be an intermittent bad earth or the body control unit. He reckons they are unavailable now. Is that correct?

Of the 2 number plate lights only one works. I have a suspicion there is water getting into the one that does not work and despite changing the bulb its absolutely dead.

Its booked in on Thursday but do I have to fear the indicator problem???

David Lawrence · 23rd September 2014, 17:28

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Originally Posted by victorgte

Dropped into my local auto electrician as both are playing up.

When indicating left the lights flash too fast and then sometimes perform as normal. Got out of the car and all 3 lights are working. He says it might be an intermittent bad earth or the body control unit. He reckons they are unavailable now. Is that correct?

Of the 2 number plate lights only one works. I have a suspicion there is water getting into the one that does not work and despite changing the bulb its absolutely dead.

Its booked in on Thursday but do I have to fear the indicator problem???

The number plate light will be a crack in the track on the pcb behind the boot plinth. Just solder a wire over it and forget it. This should be a quick and cheap job but find a member trader here to do it, someone who knows these cars, it doesn't really need a auto electric specialist, just someone with a soldering iron.

The indicators advice sounds wrong as well, more than likely a bulb connection. Just checking all 3 bulbs may reveal something. I wouldn't think you'll have any difficulty sourcing a light control module from one of the traders here if it does turn out to be that, but I think it needs coding to the car if you do change it so you need a rover guy anyway.

victorgte · 27th September 2014, 09:15

Spent 30 minutes with the auto electrician yesterday.

Indicator was a bad earth.

Number plate light was a bad earth. Can you see a common problem?

Wired up my LED lights in the boot too. All inc it was £20 cash.

Ken Lion · 27th September 2014, 09:56

That has to be a result.
Got to be worth a score for someone who knows what they're doing to solve two/three problems with no parts required.

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27th September 2014, 09:15	#3
victorgte I really should get out more....... MGTF, MGZT, Range Rover Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 2,803 Thanks: 395 Thanked 633 Times in 446 Posts	Spent 30 minutes with the auto electrician yesterday. Indicator was a bad earth. Number plate light was a bad earth. Can you see a common problem? Wired up my LED lights in the boot too. All inc it was £20 cash. __________________ MG TF 135, MG ZT, Range Rover P38

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Ken Lion Gets stuck in R75 2.0 CDT Club SE Tourer Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Manchester Posts: 614 Thanks: 105 Thanked 101 Times in 89 Posts	That has to be a result. Got to be worth a score for someone who knows what they're doing to solve two/three problems with no parts required.