Hey guys, looking for some good news (hopefully)
While cleaning car the car on Sunday I noticed that my internal drivers door light didn't come on when I opened the door and also that the courtesy light above the rear view mirror didn't come on.
All the other internal door lights come on, so I swapped the door light unit with one that worked in the other door... no joy though.
So I have contacted the very helpful SEAT workshop manager that has helped me in the past, he suggested "it sounds like the drivers door contact switch is gone".
The problem being that this is located in the door lock / latch.... and here is the burn.. the whole thing would have to be replaced..costing £70 for the part and including labour would be approx £180....
£180... to get my interior light working when I open the drivers door....(not happy).
The story continues......
I thought since I havn't ever put my key in the look in the car, as I alway use the key fob, I would give that a try. The courtesy light came on but not the door light, I now know the reason for this, it is because when I unlock the car the internal light comes on....Duh...
What do we think folks as can I really justify spending £180 to get this fixed or is there another solution??
Thanks in advance...
While cleaning car the car on Sunday I noticed that my internal drivers door light didn't come on when I opened the door and also that the courtesy light above the rear view mirror didn't come on.
All the other internal door lights come on, so I swapped the door light unit with one that worked in the other door... no joy though.
So I have contacted the very helpful SEAT workshop manager that has helped me in the past, he suggested "it sounds like the drivers door contact switch is gone".
The problem being that this is located in the door lock / latch.... and here is the burn.. the whole thing would have to be replaced..costing £70 for the part and including labour would be approx £180....
£180... to get my interior light working when I open the drivers door....(not happy).
The story continues......
I thought since I havn't ever put my key in the look in the car, as I alway use the key fob, I would give that a try. The courtesy light came on but not the door light, I now know the reason for this, it is because when I unlock the car the internal light comes on....Duh...
What do we think folks as can I really justify spending £180 to get this fixed or is there another solution??
Thanks in advance...
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