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Originally Posted by HPsauce
I think I've pretty much decided it's down to a dodgy main "rocker" switch
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Took it out today and part-dismantled it, removing the 4 metal "bus bars" and the switch. No obvious corrosion but nothing was particularly shiny either.
Cleaned all the contact areas with fine abrasive paper including into the slots that the "bus bars" plug in and made sure all the contacts were tight. Reassembled and it's working fine so far, no "glitches" on reinstallation unlike previous inspections. 
The back of the switch has 4 (5?) contact slots that the "bus bars" plug into so I suspect they probably had a light film on that was giving a poor/variable contact.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 9th February 2013 at 12:58 PM.
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