Wondering if anyone else has had this problem;
-Lock car, lights stay on, won't go off, and it’s not just the 'follow me home' lights function.
-Lock car, lights possibly come on at a later stage
Both leading to completely draining the battery by the next morning.
It’s happened four times in the past two months. Once I noticed the car outside the house with the lights back on and was able to go out to it and fiddle with the light stalk and key fob lock until the car was locked with the lights off again. I've had the dead battery because of it twice, so either they stayed on when I locked the car and I didn't notice, or they came on afterwards of their own accord. And only once I noticed them staying on after I locked the car, again I had to try for ages with light stalk to get them off.
Now, I didn't even know that this car had the 'follow me home' function until I read some of your threads about it. They state that the full beam needs to be pulled once before getting out of the car (ignition on or off? I haven't tried it yet). But what I have noticed is that the full beam is not working properly. Sometimes I operate it and it does not work, sometimes it flickers until it works or doesn't, the rest of the time it is ok. Basically the full beam is just inconsistent.
So, putting two and two together I've come to the conclusion that either the stalk is faulty, the VCH or one of the relays possibly?
I'd like to avoid leaving it with the mean dealers as it sounds like a rare problem that they might take ages to solve. If I do need to bring it to them, I'd at least like to be able to direct them towards the main cause.
Does anyone have some experience of what the problem or solution may be?
I've had the car since early 2008, and with the exception of the hub carrier ball joints, it has been pretty much flawless until this.
Thanks in advance to anyone with any information
-Lock car, lights stay on, won't go off, and it’s not just the 'follow me home' lights function.
-Lock car, lights possibly come on at a later stage
Both leading to completely draining the battery by the next morning.
It’s happened four times in the past two months. Once I noticed the car outside the house with the lights back on and was able to go out to it and fiddle with the light stalk and key fob lock until the car was locked with the lights off again. I've had the dead battery because of it twice, so either they stayed on when I locked the car and I didn't notice, or they came on afterwards of their own accord. And only once I noticed them staying on after I locked the car, again I had to try for ages with light stalk to get them off.
Now, I didn't even know that this car had the 'follow me home' function until I read some of your threads about it. They state that the full beam needs to be pulled once before getting out of the car (ignition on or off? I haven't tried it yet). But what I have noticed is that the full beam is not working properly. Sometimes I operate it and it does not work, sometimes it flickers until it works or doesn't, the rest of the time it is ok. Basically the full beam is just inconsistent.
So, putting two and two together I've come to the conclusion that either the stalk is faulty, the VCH or one of the relays possibly?
I'd like to avoid leaving it with the mean dealers as it sounds like a rare problem that they might take ages to solve. If I do need to bring it to them, I'd at least like to be able to direct them towards the main cause.
Does anyone have some experience of what the problem or solution may be?
I've had the car since early 2008, and with the exception of the hub carrier ball joints, it has been pretty much flawless until this.
Thanks in advance to anyone with any information
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