vinny1275
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 posted on 9/5/09 at 10:33 AM |
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Reverse light comes on with ignition
Morning all,
I've said I'll look at swmbo's sister's Mitsubishi carisma, which is showing the reverse lights as soon as you turn the key in
the ignition. I'm just waiting for the workshop manual to download (another 12 hours!) so thought I'd ask here..
Anyone any pointers on where to look first, or where's the reverse light switch connector on the gearbox? I'm guessing that it's
just getting a power feed, so there's a short somewhere, either that or the gearbox switch is nadged... anything else?
Cheers
vince
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/5/09 at 10:43 AM |
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bad earth maybe? they do funny things.
at worst, remove the bulbs. reverse lights are not tested for mot
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/5/09 at 10:54 AM |
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Probably a sticky reverse switch. Should be easy to find it, there's usually only two electrical items on a gearbox, the reverse switch and the
speed sensor. Reverse switch is usually quite close to the selector mechanism.
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