PanoYeti

Italian job - sorry to hear that. I haven’t fully refitted everything in mine yet because I’m not 100% confident. Every time it rains I check the tolleys to see how it’s holding up!! It looks great when it’s dry but it looks like it might deteriorate with time. just to cap things off, I started parking the other way on my sloped drive and I must have had some residual water still in the car because it ran into the rear footwell. Much harder to get access there without taking seats out etc. anyway, hope this works out for you.

So although the leds lightup at night around the switch this doesn’t indicate the switch is getting power? The cable connector that plugs into the switch - does this connect to another socket just behind the dash trim? I’m still thinking I’ve accidentally disconnected something whilst “tinkering”

Thanks French, I tried my car at night and all the leds were lit around the switch - does this prove an electrical supply to the switch? i noticed the current Tiguan model has the same switch by appearance but wasn’t sure if I’d blow something if I tried to connect it

Great, image is perfect now. all of the lights work (that I know of) I just can’t control them using the switch. The coming home feature doesn’t work anymore - would that be because of an electrical problem?

Hi French, thanks for your response. The diagram isn’t clear enough for me to follow it but even if it was I’m not sure I’d understand it! I tested each pin to see if it led to somewhere. Pins 3,4,6 and 10 didn’t appear to “reach” anywhere (I was trying to see if it would run to the curved pad). My best next step is to try a working switch in the car to see what happens. Do all yetis of the same age range use the same switch? I might go hunting yeti drivers...

What is the route of the electrical flow? I was able to test connectivity from the pins to the pads (that swivel and contain the metal pronged-heads). if 1 track burns out does it automatically throw up an error and revert to safe mode for headlights? (At least that’s what I’m calling the mode I’m in!)

I can’t help thinking I’ve done something whilst I was diagnosing the leak! I usually keep lights on Auto and I don’t remember having the lights come on during the day before the leak. Would keeping the ignition on for a couple of hours cause a problem in the light switch? Any other “obvious” things I’m missing? No cables that might be disconnected? also, French, those connections are so small on the pcb. I’ll likely do more harm than good. I’d just like to be sure it’s the board before I go looking for a new one

United - thanks goes to you for the insightful and clever write up. Well done to perhaps saving many panoramic-owner people £hundreds!! i managed to flatten the battery in the process (left ignition on like an idiot). I have also discovered there is a headlight fault and can’t help but think I’ve “aided” another problem! at least I’m leak-free for now

I might have somewhere but I’m not sure what I’d be doing. I’m useless with electronics! If I can find the mm, where do I test and how? sorry... :-(

Sorry mate - wasn’t sure how to delete first one

Hi guys, thanks both for your responses. bspman - leak ran down drivers a pillar, and into footwell via the thick mass of cables (sorry for lack of better description). See photos. ive also removed the board from the switch. I’m no expert but it doesn’t look fried and certainly doesn’t look like any water damage. i wondered whether there was a factory default the car had fallen into since the battery went dead. tried the car without the unit connected and it doesn’t change the issue so guess that points to the switch??

Hi, have a 170 yeti elegance 62 plate that I’ve just had a sunroof leak in. I haven’t had any warning messages (that I know of) but whilst working on the sunroof one day I accidentally left the key in the ignition, on at first turn. Flattened the battery but got it going again and recharged fine. Now, the headlights come on even when in 0 position and although the light switch is lit up it doesn’t seem to work. Also, when I turn the light switch and pull to activate fogs nothing happens. The fogs do work (reverse and cornering lights). Had the flattened battery reset something and what are my options? thanks

Big thanks to United for this post - tolleys is definitely a wonder product for this occasion. Thanks also to goose for help - I was losing it saturday! Having added tolleys and watched it seep into the various cracks I decided to layer up the cracks to hopefully keep it watertight for a while. I layered the tolleys all along the marked red areas to hopefully stop any backwards flow of water. I wish access was a bit better on the outside channel as I can’t see how well it’s layered but it’s holding for now...

Also, does your tolleys dry clear? I had that after the first day or so but the sealant I applied yesterday doesn’t appear to have dried.

Did any tolleys run down towards the drain channel opening? I found mine started doing that after only a tiny amount had been taken up. I’m also not entirely sure if it’s leaking on the outside or inside channel. Could be both. I’m not getting any drips the other side