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MJN110

Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 380

2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 Landmark LE Montalcino Red

TD5 central locking and interior lights.

I am looking for advice on this one.
Whilst driving my TD5 XS my interior lights came on and remained on until physically switched off.
When I parked the vehicle and operated the key fob for central locking /Alarm activation the vehicle horn tooted twice and there was no flashing of indicators as I normally have and the doors locked.
When operating the fob to open the car the doors opened and the indicators flashed as normal.
I have looked through the handbook but did not find any solutions in it. 2016 Defender Landmark 90
2005 Defender CSW TD5 90XS

11th May 2018 10:10am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

That suggests that the car thinks that one of the doors is open. Check the condition of the door switches and their wiring for chaffing that's allowing a path to earth. Darren

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11th May 2018 10:25am

Harry.O

Member Since: 25 Jul 2014
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 713

I'd check the wires on the door switches first, they tend to go brittle and snap/short. This would cause the interior light to remain on and the alarm to toot when locking the vehicle.

edit - beaten to it

2005 Td5 110 Hardtop
1989 300Tdi 90 Soft top
1992 200Tdi 90 Truck cab with Land Cruiser axles

11th May 2018 10:27am

MJN110

Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 380

Thanks
I will check the door switches and report back. 2016 Defender Landmark 90
2005 Defender CSW TD5 90XS

11th May 2018 10:28am

Vogler

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Brussels
Posts: 309

Are all doors properly closed? The hoot when locking means that one of the doors or bonnet is open, so it's likely that you have an issue with one of the contacts in the doors.
Maybe check that nothing has become loose. Don't know about the rear doors, (I have a hardtop, so 2 doors only) but you can easily remove the front door switches from the bulkhead , takes only 1 screw. A single cable should be attached to them. You can start by pushing them first and see if anything happens.

Greetings,

Joris

11th May 2018 10:31am

MJN110

Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 380

Thank you both for your input the rear door switch was missing its plunger.
I had a look at the other door switches which were also pretty corroded I have ordered a set of 3 to replace them. 2016 Defender Landmark 90
2005 Defender CSW TD5 90XS

11th May 2018 11:45am

TD5Neil

Member Since: 02 Nov 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 42

I had the exact same problem 18 months ago. New door switches all round and been fine since.

11th May 2018 6:56pm

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