WaveyDavey
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This is probably completely obvious to 90% of owners by now, but I thought I'd highlight it for future forum searchers as nothing obvious came up for me.
If your rear lights fail or boot doesn't open electrically, chances are the wires through the loom from car body to boot lid have given up. The wires appear to fatigue from the regular flexing that occurs when the boot is cycled. It's pretty poor engineering, I've never experienced this issue in much older cars.
For me, one of my rear fogs was not operating so I had a look and found this:
As well as the fog light supply, two other cables had previously been (rather inelegantly) repaired, and two more were not going to last long with the insulation already failed.
I replaced all 5 with some fresh lengths of cable, soldered and heat shrunk at each end. Should be good for a few more years now:
It's an easy job and worth checking first if you get similar symptoms.
If your rear lights fail or boot doesn't open electrically, chances are the wires through the loom from car body to boot lid have given up. The wires appear to fatigue from the regular flexing that occurs when the boot is cycled. It's pretty poor engineering, I've never experienced this issue in much older cars.
For me, one of my rear fogs was not operating so I had a look and found this:
As well as the fog light supply, two other cables had previously been (rather inelegantly) repaired, and two more were not going to last long with the insulation already failed.
I replaced all 5 with some fresh lengths of cable, soldered and heat shrunk at each end. Should be good for a few more years now:
It's an easy job and worth checking first if you get similar symptoms.
Well done!
