P38A Rear fog light switch

Andy Burrell

Retired to the country

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Cambridgeshire

• Jan 14, 2022

• #1

Is there a recommended way to get the dashboard switches out. The rear fog light doesn't work so I want to check the switch connection as par of the diagnosis. Fronts work fine, rear switch doesn't light up when the fronts are on.

 

kermit_rr

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North Shropshire

• Jan 14, 2022

• #2

the rear switch isn't supposed to light up with the fronts
There's no way to remove the switch from the front, you have to pinch the springy bits on the back of the switch

 

Andy Burrell

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190

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Cambridgeshire

• Jan 14, 2022

• #3

All sorted. New switch sorted the problem

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

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Buckinghamshire, UK. ('95 DT)

• Jan 14, 2022

• #4

Andy Burrell said:

All sorted. New switch sorted the problem

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You can replace the bulb in the switch. The switch isn't latched from memory, it just tells the BECM you pressed it and then the BECM controls the lights.

 

Andy Burrell

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190

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Cambridgeshire

• Jan 14, 2022

• #5

My guess is that the switch was duff or maybe a loose connection. Dash came to bits easier than I expected which was good. Had to make two metal inserts to get the radio out but apart from that it was straight forward.