When I close the door on my car, the warning light on the dash slowly goes out, I am sure before that this light just went straight out when the door was close. I am trying to trace an electrical fault and just wondered wether I am wrong and it always slowly dimmed, or if this may be something to do with it, anyone? The fault I have is a drain on the battery after being off the road for 9 weeks, also noticed I got a slight shock off her when I got out and the interior light bulb had blown when I got her back. Are these all linked? Any help out there?

its just a make or break contact, so it should go straight out. The slight shock would have been static. Check your earth connections

Earth is fine, even has a grounding kit kitted

Static shock is usually to do with what your wearing, trainers, man made fabric rubbing on the seats, I always get a shock off mine

Just been back outside looking at her and I have also noticed that the clock and heater module is resetting it self when I turn the ignition off even tho the battery has not been taken off?????? I turn the heater up to 40 and its goes back to 25 when I turn the ignition on again???

...got her back from where? Been painting it have you? What did they remove prior to painting? Sounds like there's an electrical connection back to front. I'd start by finding out what they've removed/replaced and checking around these parts.

 

Blown interior lights are common - leave the doors open for a long while and it gets hot and packs-up. I've given up replacing them.

 

Good luck

 

Jack

start by checking the interior light, if your dash light is fading out, sounds like a feed for the interior light ???

 

interior light, will be the only fade out power supply.

Hi Jack, she has been in Ipswich Vehicle Refinishers, had the whole car sprayed, looks lovely but took ages.

Ok, been out in the rain but hopefully sorted it, seems that as the car was in the bodyshop so long the battery went flat and they jump started it, this blew the constant live fuse, hence the radio and heater continually lost memory, it also caused the door open warning light to slowly go out, cant think why, but it did, and jump starting it sent a spike to the alarm and that is now drawing too much current, they are going to reprogramme the alarm tomorrow, all is well again.