The (driver's) door warning light is operating very spasmodically.
As this is the door most often used, has something worn out ? What should I be looking for and where?
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I take it you mean the tell-tale light on the dashboard?
Chances are it's a broken wire in the door harness or the switch itself which is located within the actual door lock. Don't think you can get at it in situ.
If it's a broken wire you need to get the door card off and trace the wires back from the door lock to where they disappear into the rubber boot that connects to the door pillar. If you pull on one at a time you should find the broken one.
If one is broken, find another wire with a bit spare length to use as a draw wire. Tie some new wires to this and pull them through into the car where joints can be made, remember to pull an extra wire in, as you'll need it to pull the original one you cut into back in to the door. Then rejoin.
Hope this makes sense. What I'm trying to say is use the existing wires as draw wires to pull the replacements for the damaged ones in.
If you try threading them through the rubber boot between the door and car, you'll soon get really brassed off and wished you'd bought a Ford. Well maybe not that brassed off.
Chances are it's a broken wire in the door harness or the switch itself which is located within the actual door lock. Don't think you can get at it in situ.
If it's a broken wire you need to get the door card off and trace the wires back from the door lock to where they disappear into the rubber boot that connects to the door pillar. If you pull on one at a time you should find the broken one.
If one is broken, find another wire with a bit spare length to use as a draw wire. Tie some new wires to this and pull them through into the car where joints can be made, remember to pull an extra wire in, as you'll need it to pull the original one you cut into back in to the door. Then rejoin.
Hope this makes sense. What I'm trying to say is use the existing wires as draw wires to pull the replacements for the damaged ones in.
If you try threading them through the rubber boot between the door and car, you'll soon get really brassed off and wished you'd bought a Ford. Well maybe not that brassed off.
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I seem to remember having a problem with the one on my BX 19TRS about 10 years ago which turned out to be a loose wire where the wires connect to the back of the little warning panel itself. It might be worth prizing the little panel out and having a look.
David
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