Interior lights, SG 2005.

[theador]

Quick question: on my 2005 2.5XT the only interior light that works when unlocking/opening doors etc. is the one above the rear seat. Is this right? It's very dark in the front. I would have thought the two front ones would be activated off the alarm/doors too?

[demondriverdave]

Assume that is correct as mine only lights up the centre light.

It's not so bad if you don't have a sunroof as the centre light is closer to the front

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[theador]

I have a sunroof heheh. It's directly above the rear seat

[stants]

No glasses case/map lights at the front ?

[theador]

Hi Stants yeah I have all of that, but they don't come on with the door opening/alarm

[stants]

Hmm, factory fit alarm ? Does your clock work ok ? They may run off seperate fuses,

Don't suppose you checked they actually have bulbs fitted

[theador]

Ye factory alarm. They work fine if you manually turn them on, just not off the alarm or doors. Only the rear interior light works off the alarm/doors. There only seems to be off/on position on the two front interior lights.

[demondriverdave]

Mine is the same so I think it's how it is supposed to work. Only the "centre" light comes on when you open the doors

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[stants]

To be honest I've not actually checked mine( goes off to check now) if they come on or not, and the oem factory bulb is **** poor I stuck a LED jobby off the bay into all the interior lights makes so much of an improvment, it was an odd size though in the centre

[stants]

You are in fact correct it the map lights do only come on when you press the button,

Here's a rubbish pic of my LED upgrade,

[demondriverdave]

Those front seats don't look like the standard ones [emoji6]

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[theador]

Hehe. Looks a damn sight brighter than mine.

Nice front seats.

You are in fact correct it the map lights do only come on when you press the button,

Here's a rubbish pic of my led upgrade,

[stants]

The boot light was a capless 501 LED the map lights are a pair of standard size festoon led's the only one that was odd was the main interior, it's either shorter or slightly longer (can't remember) than you can buy in the shops,I measured and searched online

In all I think all bulbs cost a little under a tenner and made a massive improvment .

Got fed up of falling out of the arm chairs under spirited driving a pair came up cheap off a member so would have been rude not to [emoji16]