longman 0 Posted January 8, 2003 when i bought the car a few months ago the interior light only work on permanently on, so i took it out clean it a bit and it went of on delay when the dorrs were shut. Now its gone again when i turned on the rear windscreen heater, it stays on when the doors are shut??? any ideas? maybe i just need a new one, any offers? :oops: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana Man 0 Posted January 8, 2003 check the door switches they are sometimes the cause for this problem take them out give em a clean and try them if it dont work try replacing them they're only a couple of quid from the dealer stealers so if it aint the cause you haven't broken the bank doing it!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longman 0 Posted January 9, 2003 no that didn't work, im not sure what this is could it be the board on the interior light? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2cc 0 Posted January 17, 2003 Have u fixed this yet? If the feed and door switches are working ok its probably the board. The one on my 16v packed up, I think it stopped working alltogether, but was definitely the board. Can't think why the rear sreen might have affected it - could just be a red herring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longman 0 Posted January 17, 2003 yes the bugger is still not working properly, must be the board as i also thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbo-corrado 0 Posted January 31, 2003 I had this prob when i first bought mine , took some finding but sorted it . Take the light out of the roof lineing , pop the brown ceramic heat plate off , you will see the circuit board with the solder'd connections , have a look at 3 in the middle , this is where mine had a dry joint . If not look for any other soldered connections that look dodgey and re-solder . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longman 0 Posted February 3, 2003 cheers jimbo, im pretty sure that i have checked most of them already and clean most up but i shall have another look. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhilsLadyC 0 Posted February 4, 2003 I have similar problem again ever since I've had the car. However, it's just when the driver door is open that the light doesn't come on. From what's said here sounds like the driver side door switch. Cheers guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck 0 Posted February 16, 2003 Mine had same problem when I bought it - looks like another common corrado problem..... Wrecked my head trying to find what was causing it. Light would stay on permanently, and when I tried setting the alarm, the alarm would go off after a few minutes when it arms. was only an intermittent problem. Fact that the light wouldn't go off, when on the door-open setting, told me that the problem was one of the door/boot wires earthing somewhere. Half the dash off later and I traced it to the alarm boot sensor wire - looked to be earthing somewhere between the dash and the boot. So I took the lazy way out and cut it at the dash. means someone could open boot without the alarm going off. Shhhhhhhhhh..... Anyway, its a standard VW fitted VAG alarm. Funny side effect of cutting the blue wire, before when operating correctly, the interior light would come on when the boot or doors are open, now it comes on with the doors and bonnet!!!?? Ah well it all works well enough. Anyway, if you still have the problem, I advise taking a voltmeter and spending a few hours chacking all the light switches, wires and alarm sensor wires. If the light is on when it shouldn't be - there's a wire earthing somewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigowl 0 Posted May 30, 2004 Further to above on interior light. My 1995 C VR6 also suffers from interior light being on when it shouldnt be. I have cleaned door switches, light unit and circuit board (my board is different to photo by jimbo-corrado - I thought he had solved it for me there!). The circuit board solder was immaculate - no corrosion or dry joints at all. I had the alarm removed by a good autoelectrician a year or so ago - he says replace the interior light circuit board. Any of you volks out there got any bright ideaz? - what does a new circuit board cost? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
