Boot light

For a while now I've been trying to figure out why my boot light doesn't work. I've never had a peep out of it. This morning I forgot to turn my lights off and hey presto on opening the boot to get my gear, the light was on!

Can anybody point me right to getting this working as I'm off to the gym at 6.15am and it's as dark as you like, making it difficult to find stuff in the boot.

Thanks

Tian :dontknow:

Had similar problem with the one in my mk2. In my case the little plastic button/switch (that is held in and off by the tailgate when it's down) was sticking in its recess. Check this first, other than that check you earths, particularly the boot floor ones.

Cheers

The switch works just dandy, I'll have a look at the earths in the boot tonight though (with a torch)

Thanks

Tian :wink:

Sounds like its working fine! Its supposed to only come on when the lights are turned on 8O

Are you sure, would be a bit pointless? You have to unlock the car, turn ignition and lights on just to see in the boot? Cabin courtesy lights work regardless of whether lights are on would have thought boot is the same, is in my mk2 :dontknow:

Yep, that's right, if its a cabby. Daft design!

Ross said

Sounds like its working fine! Its supposed to only come on when the lights are turned on 8O

Are you saying that it only works when the lights are on?!?!

Surely this can't be right. It ought to work when the boot is opened regardless of if the lights are on or not.

Tian

I'm sticking with my tin tops and maglite, none of that fancy electrical crap

paul_c said

Yep, that's right, if its a cabby. Daft design!

I've been wasting my time!!!!  Agghhh.

Tian

Thanks by the way. :wink:

Well slap me sideways and call me Ethel I never knew that!  I just thought it didn't work ops:

I'm tempted to rewire mine so it works with or without the lights on.

ew said

Well slap me sideways and call me Ethel I never knew that!  I just thought it didn't work ops:

Every day's a school day Ethel

Tian :doh:  

Well I never always thought mine was bust too, off home to investigate tonight  :dontknow:

Neil

The boot light is definatly how you tell a season owner to a newbee, I found out how it worked when i stopped one day to put something in the boot and didn't turn the lights off. bingo it works!!!

On wiring it up permentally I would quess  the loom is direct from the live for the rear lights for simplicity :dontknow:

Rob

Robb said

On wiring it up permentally I would quess  the loom is direct from the live for the rear lights for simplicity :dontknow:

Rob

Yeah, I believe it is - so you'd have to find and run a permanent live, and possibly do something else with the wiring too. Shouldn't be too hard, though, in fact thinking about it I already have a live feed into the boot for sometihng else……

Robb said

The boot light is definatly how you tell a season owner to a newbee,
Rob

That's a bit harsh, I wouldn't say ew was a newbee.

I've been called worse though.

Tian

Well it just goes to show you Tian, us newbees :roll: can still learn something.

Had a look this eve….works a treat

Ethel.

I must be a newbie then??

Boot light is this standard on all campaigns Gti's???? :dontknow:

I havent had a chance to have a good look in the boot yet (new car!) but I will as soon as I can???

Frank

dubstar74 said

I must be a newbie then??

Boot light is this standard on all campaigns Gti's???? :dontknow:

I havent had a chance to have a good look in the boot yet (new car!) but I will as soon as I can???

Frank

The boot light is a cabby-only feature, AFAIK.

AH!! ops:

paul_c said

dubstar74 said

I must be a newbie then??

Boot light is this standard on all campaigns Gti's???? :dontknow:

I havent had a chance to have a good look in the boot yet (new car!) but I will as soon as I can???

Frank

The boot light is a cabby-only feature, AFAIK.