Hood light (front luggage comp)

[tolum]

Guys;

I did dicover that when my hood is closed, the front trunk light stays ON.
I did go to the front electric latch and unplug the wires that goes to the latch. Still light on! Is the light controlled by the electric latch?

Any idea what keeps that front trunk light on??? For now, I did remove the bulb but there is a cure to that problem... I guess...

Thanks for your help.

Thierry

[Bobiam]

Originally Posted by tolum

Guys;

I did dicover that when my hood is closed, the front trunk light stays ON.
I did go to the front electric latch and unplug the wires that goes to the latch. Still light on! Is the light controlled by the electric latch?

Any idea what keeps that front trunk light on??? For now, I did remove the bulb but there is a cure to that problem... I guess...

Thanks for your help.

Thierry

How did you determine that the light remained on? I'm too big to get in there and close the lid.
If you put a kid in there, you need to remember to let him out....eventually.

Perhaps our lights are on too. But remember that if it was on for more than a day or two, you batt would be stone dead.

[tolum]

First of all, easy to know that light stays on, unplug the light from the connector that goes to the light, use your voltmeter, extend wires to outside of trunk and close it. If you have 12 VDC when light is on and 12 VDC when trunk is closed, it's because the power to light is still there.

Now I dicover that it's the same with rear trunk light. When I manage to look to it, I did open the rear trunk and immediatly remove the light from the carpet and it was very hot. That's a sign that this light stays on all the time... By the way my battery is new since a week and I think now that the old one have been killed by those 2 lights.

I don't know since how long that problem is present, I did buy the car 1 month ago. Changes I made: Install 4 stalk, wire OBC & Cruise control (Hack) and did the intermitent wipers hack. Is there any body that can confirm that one of those hack have a relationship with the lights in both trunk?

Help pls!

[Keith Newby]

The front trunk light on my 2000 stayed on because the trunk light switch contained in the latch mechanism was broken. I was able to replace just the switch but at one point I believe you had to buy the entire latch to correct the problem. The latch post on the hood activates a rotary mechanism in the lower latch, which in turn causes the switch to function. An overly complicated design which is doomed to fail at some point. Mine did...and it sounds as if yours has as well.

[tolum]

I now suspect that it is the same with the glove compartment light!

[tolum]

The OBC & Cruise have not been activated yet with Porsche computer. Can it be the source of that problem?

[Bobiam]

The interior lights have a delay period that they go through when the car is shut off. Perhaps the trunks are just doing the same thing? Perhaps only happens when the trunks are first opened and closed???

Somehow you discovered this front trunk problem without doing your voltmeter test. I'm sure that you would not do that test just for the fun of it. You had a strong suspicion about it.

If you have gone 3 or so days without using the car and the batt has not died, the trunk lights are not on.

And when you just open a trunk after a day, are they already reallllllly hot?

Bob