Reverse Light not working ??

[Defender=1st]

Hey everyone my reverse light stopped working tonight (Grrr Bloody annoying) any ideas ??
i havent checked if its something as simple as a globe yet cause when i got bak at about 8 and it was too dark.
Thanks
Regards Adrian

[ladas]

Hey everyone my reverse light stopped working tonight any ideas ??
i havent checked if its something as simple as a globe yet cause when i got bak at about 8 and it was too dark.
Thanks
Regards Adrian

Globe
Switch
Bad/loose/dirty connections
Bad earth

Small list to start off with.

[Mudnut]

Mine stopped working about 4 months ago. Not the globe, but will get it looked into in a week, when I take the car in for a service (still under warranty).
If it is anything of note, will post results here.

Cheers,

Ken

[Defender=1st]

Mine stopped working about 4 months ago. Not the globe, but will get it looked into in a week, when I take the car in for a service (still under warranty).
If it is anything of note, will post results here.

Cheers,

Ken

Thanks Mate that would be bloody brilliant.
if anybody else know what it might be plz post.
Thanks
Regards Adrian

[rick130]

fuse (it's also the stop light fuse) mine was a chronic short in the loom inside the chassis rail.
Also now have a short in the LHS parkers ........ :rolleyes:

[Michael2]

The TD5 Defender Reverse Light switch, switches earth on a relay that has constant power at the back. The relay powers the reverse light. When the earth circuit is completed by the switch, the little light in the switch turns on.

Check everything that's been mentioned, but get your head around the earth switching switch, otherwise you'll get confusing results from your multimeter.

It's all been covered, but I'd guess the order of likelihood as :


FUSE
GLOBE
EARTH (loose or dirty)
RELAY (failure)
CONNECTIONS (loose or dirty)
WIRING (broken or shorts)