lightningescort1 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 right , hopefully stu can help me with this but anyone else is appreciated. got my car back on the road, and everything was hunky dorey , til about a week and a half ago, when the lights on the dash sometimes refused to come on. headlight were staying on so sat in the driver seat i assumed it was dash leds. they kept doing thi for a few days then one night on the way home from work a lorry behind me was flashing at me to warn me that my rear lights werent on either. i pulled over and messed about with the switch on and off a few times until they came on. now they dont come on at all and the headlights are fine. i have checked the fuses and wiring but nothing wrong there, i have even swapped the relay under the headlight switch for one i know is good, but nothing. could this be the switch ?? i have lost dash lights all rear lights except for reverse and the door open chime doesnt work anmore either . any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, jay . i also have no light up ford badge now either but that is linked upto the passenger side headlight. i have also unplugged that to see if that was the problem but it would appear not :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 right , hopefully stu can help me with this but anyone else is appreciated. got my car back on the road, and everything was hunky dorey , til about a week and a half ago, when the lights on the dash sometimes refused to come on. headlight were staying on so sat in the driver seat i assumed it was dash leds. they kept doing thi for a few days then one night on the way home from work a lorry behind me was flashing at me to warn me that my rear lights werent on either. i pulled over and messed about with the switch on and off a few times until they came on. now they dont come on at all and the headlights are fine. i have checked the fuses and wiring but nothing wrong there, i have even swapped the relay under the headlight switch for one i know is good, but nothing. could this be the switch ?? i have lost dash lights all rear lights except for reverse and the door open chime doesnt work anmore either . any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, jay . i also have no light up ford badge now either but that is linked upto the passenger side headlight. i have also unplugged that to see if that was the problem but it would appear not :S erm is there any reason you havnt suspected the obvious yet? stalks?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Aye, stalks would be my first bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitted_escort Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 i bet if you hit the end of the switch the lights will come on. as said befor its the stalkshttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-dip-ligh...les_CarParts_SMthey sell them on there £23.95 plus £5.30 post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningescort1 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 i bet if you hit the end of the switch the lights will come on. as said befor its the stalkshttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-dip-ligh...les_CarParts_SMthey sell them on there £23.95 plus £5.30 post yeathats what i was doin mate and it was coming on, but didnt wanna waste cash on stalks if it could be something else. everything else worked from the stalks ya see. cheers mate Aye, stalks would be my first bet. first thing i thought aside from fuses/wiring etc. just thought id get your opinion first, cash is tight at mo , lol. cheers though stu. right , hopefully stu can help me with this but anyone else is appreciated. got my car back on the road, and everything was hunky dorey , til about a week and a half ago, when the lights on the dash sometimes refused to come on. headlight were staying on so sat in the driver seat i assumed it was dash leds. they kept doing thi for a few days then one night on the way home from work a lorry behind me was flashing at me to warn me that my rear lights werent on either. i pulled over and messed about with the switch on and off a few times until they came on. now they dont come on at all and the headlights are fine. i have checked the fuses and wiring but nothing wrong there, i have even swapped the relay under the headlight switch for one i know is good, but nothing. could this be the switch ?? i have lost dash lights all rear lights except for reverse and the door open chime doesnt work anmore either . any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, jay . i also have no light up ford badge now either but that is linked upto the passenger side headlight. i have also unplugged that to see if that was the problem but it would appear not :S erm is there any reason you havnt suspected the obvious yet? stalks?? switch , stalks , same thing right lol ??? this was the question . cheers . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitted_escort Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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