Recent content by mattknight1984

Apologies, I should have been more clear. The inner light works perfectly off the car, but the sidelight part of it doesn't work on the car. Hadn't tried the outer one off the car until today - and its this one that is water damaged.

Thanks everyone, this gives me more options. I removed the outer light and noticed it was full of condensation and water. I also tested this outer lamp off the car and its the same as on the car, one section of it doesn't work.

Although I've just noticed looking at the pic above that part of the outer light isn't working either! *** :frown new:

Yes, PFL factory LEDs. Pic below shows the part that isn't working.

It reads 2v (nearer to 2.5v) whether the tail light is connected or not. Do you have any more information about the lamp driver/lighting module?

Thanks. I checked for continuity and the wiring seems fine between the plug for the light, and where the cables enter the boot (accessed from the passenger side rear door). I did this for all 5 cables in the plug. Surely this means the wiring is ok? If I measure voltage of the sidelight wire...

Hi all, hoping someone can help. A3 8v saloon 2015. The rear left side light (on tailgate only) has stopped working. All other lights work fine in the same cluster, and so do the 3 other clusters. No faults on dash. Removed light and confirmed sidelight works fine when power applied directly to...