I saw posts about LED lights and decided to buy some for my car, which is a 2001 4/4 four seater.
I bought lights from Banggood as suggested in the post but they have turned out to be quite poor so I went to Better Car Lighting. The brake/tail lights are brilliant.
I checked my indicator lights just to see how bright/dim they were before changing the flasher unit to an electronic one. They worked OK but the hazards did not light up. I ignored that but fitted the new unit. Nothing worked, neither flashers nor indicators. I have resistors across the poles of all the indicator lights but Gil at Better Car Lighting said that it would be OK to leave them as the electronic flasher will work with both.
Next task was a wiring diagram. I downloaded one from GoMoG and traced all the wires I needed to look for. I found that the 10a fuse just under the bonnet next to the battery had fused. Great sorted and although the courtesy light and the radio now had power as soon as I turned on the hazard warning light the 10a fused.again. I checked the fuse box.The first thing I noticed was that the diagram had been stuck to the fuse box lid the wrong way round. Having located the correct fuse for the indicator lights I found the fuse was OK but replaced it anyway.
With both fuses replaced still nothing.
My next task, following the wiring diagram was to check the hazard relays but where are they? I found a relay for the wash/wipe (If my German translattion is correct) but no others under the dash. Would unscrewing the dashboard and trying to look behind it be easier than lying on my back and looking upwards. I am 70 years old!
I guess there is a short somewhere. I have fitted a new radio and cables for my satnav and wonder if it could be something to do with that but I cannot find any loose cables which might be shorting.
Any advice gratefully received.
Last edited by Richard Edwards; 14/06/20 11:42 AM.
