i have just fitted a new rear panel (4 round lights) wired them up they all work fine but now when i turn the lights on i get a red light warning come on it's the light on the lower left side of the steering wheel when the lights are switched off it goes off but will come on again when i press the brake pedal all bulbs are fine front and rear and all levels are ok what have i done or do i have to live the light on with this light conversion any ideas would be of great help

cheers mark

you've probably left one of the wires out or a connection has come loose. sounds like the loopback circuit that tells you if your bulbs are working. not a major problem obviously provided all your bulbs are working!

 

dont know if you have to leave this wire out for the 4 round light conversion but i wouldnt have thought so. go over all the wiring again and just double check you aint left something out or in the wrong place.

 

sorry i couldnt help any more!!

 

Latz

 

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Warning light?

 

I thought that was just the light that acknowledge that your light are on.

 

That red light comes on, on my UK but all my bulbs work fine.

 

So is this red light a warning or not?

 

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Hi Mark,

 

I've heard of this symptom before. It seems that the warning system (the dash light) comes on when it detects a fault in the resistance across the lights. When you changed your rear light cluster there are a few bulbs which are no longer in use. Therefore the system registers a fault and turns the warning light on. I'm not sure how you're going to resolve this issue but it has been mentioned on this forum before so perhaps you can do a search.

 

Hope this goes some way towards explaining what's been going on with your car.

 

Take it easy!

 

Danny

I read about this here before.

I'm sure someone said there is a small sensor box in the boot somewhere which controls the warning light. This had been removed with the standard lights I think, causing it to be permanently on.

 

Mark,

 

I had the same problem and you have to cut a wire:

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/ubbforum/Forum1/HTML/004016.html

 

Vijay

cutting the wire worked a treat many thanks i've passed on your tip to another member today (mon 11) thanks again mark