Stellaghost Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hi All having some electrical issues with my 300 tdi discovery fog lights won't work and then they do work but stay on regardless of light switch position I can take switch apart and they stay on interior lights come on and off at will and near side headlight adjustment motor going all the time unless lights switched off unsure as to whether all these problems are linked any advice gratefully received thank you Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hi, I don't have the 300TDi, but when unexpected things go wrong with the D2's, the first place we look is at water ingress into the wiring -especially the fuse boxes. HTH, Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 18 hours ago, Stellaghost said: Hi All having some electrical issues with my 300 tdi discovery fog lights won't work and then they do work but stay on regardless of light switch position I can take switch apart and they stay on interior lights come on and off at will and near side headlight adjustment motor going all the time unless lights switched off unsure as to whether all these problems are linked any advice gratefully received thank you Stephen I assume that will be the rear fog lights and not the front, if so they are controlled by the vehicles multifunction unit (MFU) along with the interior light delay, key and lights on buzzer which are the obvious issues, plus a few other things like delay wash wipe, the MFU has a diagnostic test function ( Google for that) and check that the MFU is function correctly first as it’s a simple test done from the drivers seat. if okay then move on to checking earth connections, the main one in the engine bay plus the ones behind each kick panel in the footwells. D1s don’t normall suffer with dampness in the fuse boards unless the vehicle has been in water that deep but then u are in trouble elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks for that teabag swapped cream mfu for black one fogs on all the time but lights alarm came back so think I need to source a cream mfu unfortunately mfu will not start its diagnostics life would be boring if things went right all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I don’t know what exactly the updated cream MFU difference is other that it has the timer circuit provision for vehicles with a heated windscreen if fitted. Ive seen a couple of posts saying the black replacement for the cream item had been fine. i had to replace my MFU in 2012 as it failed completely, £138 from Rimmer bros back then, so 15 years or so for an electronic unit that’s powered 24/7 is good, could be better maybe, depends on its use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Problems solved picked up a cream mfu and some fog light switches at u pull it for £10 everything fine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 8:34 PM, Stellaghost said: Problems solved picked up a cream mfu and some fog light switches at u pull it for £10 everything fine now Well Done 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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