illuminated door lock a bit keen

donpaulo · Post by **donpaulo** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:53 pm

been away from this site for a long while due to moving house and enduring the whole switching broadband provider fiasco (don't ask)

Anyhoo.................back with what I think could be a NEW AND UNCHARTED 480 electrical problem.

My driver door lock illumination won't go out any more. It happened once before, but i managed to get my skinny fingers to the tiny switch assembly which is operated by the door handle, and bend the wee metal plate a bit so it would operate the even wee'er button. All was well..

Just checked all this again, but the switch assembly seems to be working as it should......but the wee green light in the lock won't piss off after 15 seconds or whatever.

ANyone come across this before? Can I ignore it? Will it drain my battery? (I only use the car a couple of times a week) Will my car be a burnt out wreck in the morning?

mogge · Post by **mogge** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:06 am

Hi!

No problems, the LED uses only a tiny amount of power. Ex there is the flashing LED to alarmsystem etc.

/Jonas

donpaulo · Post by **donpaulo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:41 pm

Cheers, the light has fixed itself now.......another 480 mystery. The only thing i can think of to explain it is that i had been lubricating my boot lock that day and my key had a bit of oil on it which may have dripped inside the door lock and effected it somehow???? ah well........