Thread: really dumb question - brake light on instrument panel ??

My apologies I was looking at a 2003MY manual. I'll just shut up now.

Having said that I'm putting 20 billion billion dollars on a short somewhere. A short brought on my ABS light and I don't even have ABS.

I reckon the harness along the transfer case might be shorting.


Might be an idea to jack up a wheel and see if it'll drive forward, at least that'll rule out whether its really locked or not.

Hi LP
Sorry my earlier reply was a bit slow.
I can't find any pics at the moment of the actuator (if there is one) .

I would also check for a short circuit first, as already stated

Originally Posted by slug_burner

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If you don't have a center diff lock lever I doubt very much that the thing has activated itself. Getting under the car to activate/deactivate the cdl would have to be a last resort in resolving your problem.

If no cdl lever but the transfer case still has the cdl in there they may also have left the switch to detect the cdl position in which case the switch might be on the blink or you have a wiring issue to the cdl switch. Rubbed insulation leading to a short circuit or the connector has come off the switch.
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Originally Posted by B92 8NW

My apologies I was looking at a 2003MY manual. I'll just shut up now.

Having said that I'm putting 20 billion billion dollars on a short somewhere. A short brought on my ABS light and I don't even have ABS.

I reckon the harness along the transfer case might be shorting.

That actuator is hard enough to find and engage when you want it to be engaged that I don't think it would engage by itself.

Is Outer Sth East VIC actually Outer Sth East Melbourne VIC ???
(I'm in Boronia, also near a National park .... saw flames already today, and that was just shopping in FTG)

Stevo

Originally Posted by sschmez

Hi LP
Sorry my earlier reply was a bit slow.
I can't find any pics at the moment of the actuator (if there is one) .

I would also check for a short circuit first, as already stated

That actuator is hard enough to find and engage when you want it to be engaged that I don't think it would engage by itself.

Is Outer Sth East VIC actually Outer Sth East Melbourne VIC ???
(I'm in Boronia, also near a National park .... saw flames already today, and that was just shopping in FTG)

Stevo

Thanks for the reply, i've done a bit more research on the forum for CDL - trying to get my head around some things and may post some q's later...

Outer Sth East - mmmmm Should be Outer South, stupid me ! More up the end of Mornington Peninsual end, but close enough to Frankston area if that makes sense *lol*...

well it's not Cranbourne so there shouldn't be any embarassment in putting a suburb name in

I'll look for the other Q's tmr

Stevo

Landyprincess, if you turn the ignition off, and then re-start the car, do any other lights come on as well?

In the D2, if the car is started with the CDL engaged, TC & HDC are disabled & their respective warning lights stay on as well. If they are not coming on, I'd put my money on there being an electrical fault somewhere.

If the CDL IS engaged, you will notice other symptoms such as heavy steering & wider turning circle on paved surfaces. If you have these symptoms I'd avoid driving on hard surfaces, as you may cause damage to the drivetrain.

- SmokyBear.

Originally Posted by landyprincess

Thanks for the reply, i've done a bit more research on the forum for CDL - trying to get my head around some things and may post some q's later...

Outer Sth East - mmmmm Should be Outer South, stupid me ! More up the end of Mornington Peninsual end, but close enough to Frankston area if that makes sense *lol*...

LandyPrincess, and fellow forumites....

Hello and greetings....

You're all going to love this.......


LP... Get an assistant to come out to your disco...

Start it...

Get them to press the brake pedal....

Go check your brake lights!

Now turn the vehicle off!

Now go into the fuse box under the dash.....
Find the fuse for your brake lights....
Replace it

Your trailer has shorted somewhere and blown a fuse under the dash...
Replace it and all shall be well in Discovery Land

Well, I'll be......!

Bloody modern cars. I assume, Tombie, that it is designed that way and one should read the Owner's Handbook?

Fortunately, I can deny all knowledge of that model Landie!

Originally Posted by dm_td5

2000MY won't have the diff lock to the Hi/Low lever

Silly me! It never clicked that it was a D2. If it had, I'd have found my D2 RAVE and read that Owner's Handbook re the warning (as per Tombie's post).

Originally Posted by p38arover

.....Well, I'll be......!

Bloody modern cars.....

Thanx Tombie


RTFM