The right light on my trunk doesn’t come on unless I hit the trunk or open and close it really fast. Like shaking it while it’s open basically. Is this likely a problem with the light itself?
Last edited by killian665; 02-13-2018 at 02:01 PM.
The right light on the trunk lid may be close to burning out. I had the same problem, (when the engine is on all four tail lights are on), and if I hit the right trunk light it would turn on until it wouldn't anymore. Dealer replaced the bulb. It took only a few minutes.
Guess I’ll pop it out and see
i had problems with my right tail light' it turned out to be a short in the plug itself.
Burnt wire? Loose connection? How’d you fix it
Timm has a fix up for this under the DIY section.
In my opinion, the only way to really fix this long term is to cut out and replace the entire wiring section that is between each set of grommets. That is more involved, but ENGL sells a decent kit. Special crimping tool is needed however.
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Here's the link:
http://www.meeknet.co.uk/e31/BMW_E31...ing_Repair.htm
.....but your fault sounds more like a failing bulb than a hinge wiring problem.....
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I’m starting to think it might be more I don’t know. My under hood and interior trunk lights also don’t work and I just now put new bulbs in them. Must be a wiring problem somewhere even if it’s not related
Okay yeah, all 3 of my interior trunk lights don’t work. The two in the trunk lid itself that are part of the actual taillights and the one in the car under the rear deck. The under hood light also doesn’t work. All new bulbs
*Update*
My underhood light only comes on when I have the hood open and I turn the headlight switch either to the middle or full on. Is that normal? I feel like it should just come on when the hood is open regardless.
Also I believe it is the wiring at the hinge because I can get my trunk lights to come on at an exact spot when opening then they go off if it’s higher than that point. I didn’t think the light under the rear deck on the body itself was part of that same loom as the ones in the trunk lid that shine down, why would that be affected?
Last edited by killian665; 02-13-2018 at 01:29 PM.
What a dumb design haha. Well I guess that narrows it down to the harness then. Guess I’ll pull the whole thing out of the trunk lid and see what’s going on.
http://www.engl-production.de/heckklappenkabelsatz.html
Need some proper crimpers, Greenlee Crimp-all comes to mind. Will need to check the die number.
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Yeah those are the factory bmw repair connections. I have the crimpers for those so that’ll work nice, thanks.
That website sucks how do you even buy stuff
Last edited by killian665; 02-14-2018 at 01:41 AM.
Okay good talk
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