[Derek60]

Hi I'm just wondering if anyone else has come across this issue - my glove box light has worked absolutely fine until the other day when it stopped working. Suspecting the bulb i removed the unit and checked the bulb. which looked ok, I noticed that the light unit is the same as the one in the boot so I swapped them over - the light from the glove box worked fine in the boot but the one from the boot wouldn't work in the glove box. Is there possibly a switch for the glove box light, I've looked but can't see one The manual doesn't seem to cover the glove box at all so that's no help

 

[hewesy]

Hi,

Yes there is a switch which might have been wedged in the off position. From memory it's on the right hand side of the glovebox but if you look around the edge of the glovebox with the door open you'll see it.

There is a plug for the light unit which behind the glovebox which might have become loose, you'll need to remove the glovebox to get to it though which is aremarkably involved job...

One other thing to check would be the fuse, the manual will tell you which one is it - though as it will have other circuits or lights on the same fuse so if those work you can rule that out.

Hewesy

 

[Derek60]

Hi Hewesy
Thanks for the reply - I've had another look around the glove box with a torch and cannot see any switch.

 

[Chestnut]

The switch will be activated when you open the glove box, otherwise the light would stay on all the time.
Is it not built into the catch mechanism?

 

[Derek60]

Hi I've found it now thanks - its behind the glove box on a panel at the back so as you shut the glove box the back of it pushes the switch in. The switch seems to be working ok i.e. not stuck in but the light still doesn't work. I've checked the fuses and bulb and both ok so I'm assuming there is a fault in the connections between the switch and the bulb somewhere, I'll get my dealer to look at it next time the car goes in for service - I don't want to start taking the glove box to pieces to find the fault and as the car is still under warranty I don't want to invalidate the warranty

 

[hewesy]

Fair enough Derek, from what I read when I was going to run my dashcam to the fuse box the glovebox needs a serious pull to remove, I'd leave for the dealer too.

If you need a pollen filter at the next service they have to remove the glovebox to get to that, so should be sorted gratis.

Hewesy

 

[Kristoff]

Wonder if a wire has come loose from behind the switch then or something like that? Anyway, thanks for clarifying where the switch is.

 

[Pendelton]

I couldn't tell if a wire broke from the back of the key.