tailgate open liht always on! help!

stani540 · Post by **stani540** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:01 am

my tailgate open light has started coming on all the time and i dont know why as its blatantly shut!!!!

sometimes when you turn the engine off slam it then get back in the car its off for about 5 mins before it comes back on does anybody know whats wrong, or has this happened to anyone esle!??

ben3486 · Post by **ben3486** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:13 pm

mine has never come on haha. didnt know we had them. Mine is a 1.4 match. where bouts is it? prob just the bulb, or maybe i really dont have one

haha

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:41 pm

Have you checked for any leaks from the rear washer pipe? That can sometimes set the boot warning light off.

Other than that it might be that the contact for it has corroded, or some other annoying electrical thing.

loud · Post by **loud** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:27 pm

yea when mine did that it was because of a leaking rear washer jet in the boot panel

Post by **alexperkins** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:32 pm

ben3486 wrote:mine has never come on haha. didnt know we had them. Mine is a 1.4 match. where bouts is it? prob just the bulb, or maybe i really dont have one haha

Its on the left hand side under the plastic bit

You should see it if you look underneath hehe

Cheers,

Alex

stani540 · Post by **stani540** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:23 pm

its the warning light on the dash and my rear water jet has got weak recently i thought that might be it!!!!

thanks for the help!!!

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:18 am

id say its your washer pipe mate coz thats why mine was staying on all the time!

stani540 · Post by **stani540** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:58 am

yeah it was as i suspected! the washer pipe was just pouring water into the tail gate should be all sorted now!!!!

ben3486 · Post by **ben3486** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:51 pm

Do the mk5 1.4 match have this? if so mine has never worked since i had it.....also the light in the boot has never worked. changed the bulb to no avail. maybe a fuse. just too lazy to figure out which one haha

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:40 pm

ben3486 wrote:Do the mk5 1.4 match have this? if so mine has never worked since i had it.....also the light in the boot has never worked. changed the bulb to no avail. maybe a fuse. just too lazy to figure out which one haha

If my old 1.0E had it, I'm pretty sure a 1.4 Match would have it.