WELL!!!-revision for puddle lamp repair-Cheap mod/ fix anyone??
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WELL!!!-revision for puddle lamp repair-Cheap mod/ fix anyone??
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My front passenger puddle lamps were the only thing not working [after replacing 2 switches on the rear door locks [the passenger switch on my early car has an extra microswitch for the central locking so was unavailable]
I got to thinking and realised that by cutting the wire for the puddle lamps [innermost on switch] and moving it to the wire for the dome light [outerside wire on switch] that comes from the other micro switch within the same switch housing it should behave the same way.
So tore down the door -again- and presto all good.[only side effect is that doors puddle lamps now come on when any door is opened but go off again when all doors shut or time delay as usual]
I can live with that
Remember Audi dont list the switch attached to the door lock as a seperate part and a lock assembly is $450nzd so this is a very cheap mod/repair
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My front passenger puddle lamps were the only thing not working [after replacing 2 switches on the rear door locks [the passenger switch on my early car has an extra microswitch for the central locking so was unavailable]
I got to thinking and realised that by cutting the wire for the puddle lamps [innermost on switch] and moving it to the wire for the dome light [outerside wire on switch] that comes from the other micro switch within the same switch housing it should behave the same way.
So tore down the door -again- and presto all good.[only side effect is that doors puddle lamps now come on when any door is opened but go off again when all doors shut or time delay as usual]
I can live with that
Remember Audi dont list the switch attached to the door lock as a seperate part and a lock assembly is $450nzd so this is a very cheap mod/repair
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It will work, but did you join them together? or eliminate one?
The alarm works off of the dome light pin switch, not the puddle lights.
I am on the fence about what to do about my two that are out. I was going to retrofit some good Toyota door switches and rewire the wring going into the door so it goes the new switches. BUT, if i replace the door lock assembly and it lasts another 130K miles, I would also be happy...
It is a hard choice. Modding the switches, or replacing them.
I just don't know.
I am on the fence about what to do about my two that are out. I was going to retrofit some good Toyota door switches and rewire the wring going into the door so it goes the new switches. BUT, if i replace the door lock assembly and it lasts another 130K miles, I would also be happy...
It is a hard choice. Modding the switches, or replacing them.
I just don't know.
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simply took the innermost wire and moved it over then joined it to the outermost wire then taped
off the cut end on the plug in case i needed it later.
Simply tapped into the curcuit for the dome lights
They share the same earth [the wire in between]
This would presumably work in reverse to correct a faulty micro switch for the dome lamps although they dont seem to fail which is odd given they use the same type of micro switch
Simply tapped into the curcuit for the dome lights
They share the same earth [the wire in between]
This would presumably work in reverse to correct a faulty micro switch for the dome lamps although they dont seem to fail which is odd given they use the same type of micro switch
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