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29th August 2013, 09:35 PM
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Wonky rear ceiling courtesy lights
My rear ceiling courtesy lights don't come on either when the rear doors are opened or when they are switched to '1'. The front are fine.
They do come on, however, when the front ceiling courtesy lights are manually switched to '1' and the rear are also switched to '1'. Suggests to me that the fault cannot be a fuse as they do actually work, just not as they should. They don't come on with any combination of front doors open/closed and/or rear doors open/closed. The rear outer reading lights come on okay when pressed, it's just the inners which don't. All footwell lights are working just as they should. Can't think of any other relevant information to add . . . . . Any 'where-to-start' suggestions, please?
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2000 FL A8 3.7 QS - Turned 21 years old on 15th March 2021. Ming Blue - 175k miles. I love having a 90's car worthy of 90L of 98 RON! If only they still did 4* fully leaded! 2009 A8 4.2 FSi LWB - Marine Blue - 164k miles. Extras? Too many to list. But I do like the Rear Seat Entertainment . . . . . . 477k miles to the moon and back. 238k to go and between them they'll have made it! 
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29th August 2013, 10:25 PM
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I had some weird problems with mine and actually replaced the whole unit, though that wasn't the problem (bad earthing or loose plug).
Assume this is a facelift A/S8? And you've tested/swapped the bulbs? Complex wiring from front to back too so lots to go wrong. Does it do the same when you pull it out but leave the wiring connected? What colour are they? My spare unit is beige.
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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! 
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1st September 2013, 11:05 AM
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Sorted
There's nothing like giving your bits a shoogle to make them work . . . .
After a bit of poking, prodding and pulling, it turns out that the metal strip (arrowed) seems to have been pushed in too far, no doubt after my boys being a bit heavy handed while switching the rear lights on and off. Wiggling it out ever so slightly has cured the ailment.
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2000 FL A8 3.7 QS - Turned 21 years old on 15th March 2021. Ming Blue - 175k miles. I love having a 90's car worthy of 90L of 98 RON! If only they still did 4* fully leaded! 2009 A8 4.2 FSi LWB - Marine Blue - 164k miles. Extras? Too many to list. But I do like the Rear Seat Entertainment . . . . . . 477k miles to the moon and back. 238k to go and between them they'll have made it!
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9th September 2013, 07:48 AM
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I've taken that to extremes and dismantled the whole thing as the design of those bars is unusual and seems prone to bad contact.
I made sure they were all straight and properly aligned and cleaned all the contact points before reassembly. Even after doing that it still misbehaved at times, though (touch wood) has been OK for a while now; in my case nobody is likely to operate the switches so intermittent failures is presumably just down to vibration, thermal movement etc.. 
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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!
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. Glad you got it sorted. Mine play up once in a while, for reasons that baffle me, so I'll give it a wee shoogle next time 
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