Side markers (indicator)

[4d47]

can someone please help, i'm trying to get a 2002 D2 licenced and they knocked it back for the orange lights coming on with the park lights in the front indicator housing. can these be turned on/off also does every one elses come on?

Cheers

[SPROVER]

My right one does the same thing when the parkers are on.Just the top part of the indicator light stays on for some reason.Mine passed a RWC about 3 months ago with it like that.I was wondering if this was normal as well.

[rover-56]

Mine have always done that from day 1.
I think they are designed that way.
It is a good safety measure surely? You can't see the in headlight parkers from the side.
I would go back and argue.
If they won't accept common sense pull the bulbs and replace them later.
Terry

[Zypper]

My Disco is the same, I had noticed soon after purchase but thought no more about it till reading the above so I did a little digging. LR refer to these lights as "front side marker lamps" as separate from the "side lamps" ( we know them as "park lamps") incorporated in the headlamps. (Rave page 4.146)
I also had a look at the latest ADR's in reference to vehicle lighting requirements as I assume this is the standard for the various state transport departments, this states that a front position light is a white light but may be amber if incorporated in a turn indicator light, it also states that an amber side marker light can be mounted at the front of a vehicle no more than 300 mm from the front extremity..(or words to that effect) so in short I cant see a problem, but if begging or stating regs. doesn't work then as has been suggested above remove the globes as they are separate to the indicator/hazard warning globes.

Zypper.

[schuy1]

The orange side markers are totaly standard and legal in all states so far as I know. If they were not Landrover would have had to modify them befor obtaining ADR Approval to sell D2's in Australia.
I would suggest that if stating the above does not get you anywhere I would suggest changing to another inspection station or contacting the WA Dept of Transport ( or whatever they called there) directly. There is no reason for it to be defected on that account only.
Cheers Scott

[BMKal]

If you're in Albany WA - tell the bloke he's a tosser and take it to another examiner.

Never had any problems getting mine passed in Kalgoorlie - and the orange lights coming on with the parkers in that model is standard.

Ever since they started letting every second little corner garage do the vehicle examinations over here - there have been way too many tossers who haven't got a clue what they're talking about getting in on the act. Some of the reasons that I've heard of vehicles being knocked back for are a joke - and then the same examiner will pass something that blind freddie can see is not legal.