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Roland Butter

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I was fortunate enough to receive 2 x Nakatanenga interior LED lights for Christmas. I installed them on Dec 27 in a 2014 Puma 90 and they look and function very well. Early this morning I noticed that the lights were on whilst the vehicle was immobilised. I recently replaced the battery after assuming there was a parasitic drain and during the testing process disabled all three door switches one by one. Could this random issue be caused by a faulty/intermittent switch that I maybe dislodged/broke? Thanks.
 
miktdish said:
Welcome to the group.
As you read through you will notice there are a huge number of LED lighting problems at the moment, many solved by cleaning up earths etc.

You say, when the car is 'immobilised' ... what if it's not immobilised ?
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That's what I'm currently trying. It's just sitting there unlocked. Will see what happens. I would wager it's one of the door switches.
 
Roland Butter said:
I was fortunate enough to receive 2 x Nakatanenga interior LED lights for Christmas. I installed them on Dec 27 in a 2014 Puma 90 and they look and function very well. Early this morning I noticed that the lights were on whilst the vehicle was immobilised. I recently replaced the battery after assuming there was a parasitic drain and during the testing process disabled all three door switches one by one. Could this random issue be caused by a faulty/intermittent switch that I maybe dislodged/broke? Thanks.
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not sure about you new model, but certainly the tdi and earlier models had the interior lights as a permanent live with a switched earth either on the switch or the door switches to turn them on. If they are permanently on I would suggest there is an earth fault somewhere allowing them to earth through something other than the switch.
 
My 2.4 TDCI is definitely a permanent live with a switched earth.

I had a similiar problem that turned out to be the bolts holding the front passenger door catch were too long and were shorting out the rear passenger door switch intermintently. Initially I just dremmeled the end off them, but I replaced them later with the correct bolts.

I'd take off each door switch give them a good clean, make sure there are no obstructions and pop them back on again. Also check the lights themselves in case you've got an expose earth wire touching something it shouldn't.
 
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