So, I'm having trouble with my lights.

When the lights are on, the rear fog light button indicator light is faintly lit. When the left turn signal is on, the headphone indicator on the stereo flashes on and off and the sound goes quiet and loud in time with the turn signal. The rear brake and turn signal lights (on the pillar and the fog and turn signal light on the rear bumper) all light up (I replaced all the bulbs today to make sure it wasn't that) but not at the right times. The backup lights are staying on when the lights are turned on, the left signal isn't working on the pillar but is on the orange bumper light.

It's really frustrating and I have no idea where to even start besides replacing all of the bulbs, which I did.

Stereo? Pillar light fixtures? Bumper light fixtures? Relay or Fuse?

Help me Landroverforums.com, you're my only hope.

 

I would likely look for a short in the wiring. It sounds like the coating has been scraped and you have wires touching in places they shouldn't.

 

I once had a similar issue where my rear fogs would stay faintly lit and caused blinker problems. I removed the plastic vent looking thing behind the passenger side jump seat and looking up in there found that the nut on the main ground had backed itself off. Tightened it back up and it fixed a number of electrical issues..Can't promise this will fix yours but it's a good place to start if the new bulbs don't work.

 

In my experience every time I run into weird electrical problems, it seems to always be a ground side problem. (and that's doubly true on English stuff)

 

Hmm, thanks for the suggestion guys. I'll look at it tonight when I get home from the office and report back.

Are all the rear lights grounded in the same place?

 

Nothing like having smart guys like you make me feel like a horse's ***.



Opened up the little vent looking thing on the right...all fine.

Opened the left...ground nut backed off at least a nut's width. Tightened, lights magically work again.

Oh well, I was super dumb not to check the obvious first. That and I didn't know that everything was grounded in the one spot, one for each side.

But, to the Mrs I look like a hero, so thanks for that.