all interior lights went out? HELP!!

[matty]

hi guys i have a 94 vit swb. i switched my headlights on and all my interior lights, side lights and my rear door lock bottons dont work.
so i thorght ah must be a fuse, but no. all the fuses are ok. any one had that befor? plz help me.
thanx matt. :?

[wheelspinner]

Bad earth?blown relay......?

My first suggestion would be to get a wiring diagram (hate to say it haynes) and just check if the circuits are connected...

Regards

Steve

[generation-x]

mat have you checkt the main fuses in the engine bay? infront of the battery?

simon

[wheelspinner]

If that is blown it might be an idea to have a nose around to find out why before you replace it.....dont want a fire on your hands... :shock:

[mud4brains]

glad you got it sorted mate, thought it was somthing silly :lol:

[generation-x]

glad you got it sorted mate, thought it was somthing silly :lol:

its sorted then? wot was it?

simon

[mud4brains]

was a fuse, last one at the end and hard to see, :o

[Evilgoat]

Check your door switches. They fill with much and crud and can cause all manner of issies. Pull the rubber cap off and prise out the switch. Theres a wiring harness down there on the  driver's side.

[mud4brains]

Evilgoat  : cheers , will tell him   8)

[Evilgoat]

Evilgoat  : cheers , will tell him   8)

Took mine out, lopped off the corroded crimp, cleaned up the contacts then soldered it all back together afte vacuuming the mud out of there :)

The harness on the driver side is just the lights, speaker and some other single wire, Possibly the feed for the demister which isnt terminated on mine. Passenger side you have the full wiring harness which terminates behind the rear foglight/light cluster in the body. from here it runs to the other side and the other fogligt/cluster. If its got bumper mounted light clusters then two smaller harnesses plug into the main harness behind the fogs and drop out through a square bung into the bumper. You'll probobly find these connectors are corroded to hell. When I did my bumper I had to order replacement connectors from simtec and change both sides :(

A bad earth COULD perceivably cause a fuse to go.