Hi, I have Skoda Octavia MK2. Recently i am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position i.e. when doors are closed it should go off but it won't. It is going off only when i lock the door from remote. Please help.

I had a similar experience recently with my Octavia and it turned out to be sticking door switches . I cleaned them with a spray of  WD 40. Ok after that. Peter 

Can u please elaborate?

Middle position? I thought the switch was meant to be to the right? Unless I’m thinking of something else. 

Yes in right position.

So not middle

3 minutes ago, Tech1e said:

So not middle

Yes.  Please help

 

I thought I was helping, just trying to obtain facts. The amount of interior light issues I have dealt with which were just someone miss understanding the switch is quite incredible. 

 

Check door switch positions with diagnostics would be an ideal situation to see if the light is being told to stay on. Also worth popping out the lights in the door to check the plastic cover is on the back. 

 

Failing that its possibly a faulty light. 

4 minutes ago, Tech1e said:

I thought I was helping, just trying to obtain facts. The amount of interior light issues I have dealt with which were just someone miss understanding the switch is quite incredible. 

 

Check door switch positions with diagnostics would be an ideal situation to see if the light is being told to stay on. Also worth popping out the lights in the door to check the plastic cover is on the back. 

 

Failing that its possibly a faulty light. 

Dude i can't understand what you are saying.

3 minutes ago, Mrinal said:

Dude i can't understand what you are saying.

 

Oh

5 minutes ago, Tech1e said:

 

Oh

Can you please elaborate in a simple language?

5 minutes ago, Mrinal said:

Can you please elaborate in a simple language?

 

1. Make sure switch is in right position

2, Plug in a diagnostic computer that is capable of reading live data. Look at the position of the door locks on live data to see if the light is being told to be on or not. 

3. Remove the lights from the door trim. Check the rear of the light isn’t exposed. As there is metal contacts in the light they can touch the door which may bring the lights on if earthed out. 

4. It may be a faulty light. 

It is confusing as I had the same problem. If the switch is the same as the Roomster the front light is with the switch fully right and the rear fully left. Anyway, the diagram of the car with the door opened should be visible. When I first had the car I thought that the switch should cover the diagram: confusing.

3 minutes ago, Tech1e said:

 

1. Make sure switch is in right position

2, Plug in a diagnostic computer that is capable of reading live data. Look at the position of the door locks on live data to see if the light is being told to be on or not. 

3. Remove the lights from the door trim. Check the rear of the light isn’t exposed. As there is metal contacts in the light they can touch the door which may bring the lights on if earthed out. 

4. It may be a faulty light. 

New thing i have noticed that the rear interior light is not working ( in any position) so thought of replacing the bulb. But the new bulb is also not working. What can be reason for this ?

Just now, edbostan said:

It is confusing as I had the same problem. If the switch is the same as the Roomster the front light is with the switch fully right and the rear fully left. Anyway, the diagram of the car with the door opened should be visible. When I first had the car I thought that the switch should cover the diagram: confusing.

 

Which ties in with my first comment about the switch being in the right place. 

Just now, Mrinal said:

New thing i have noticed that the rear interior light is not working ( in any position) so thought of replacing the bulb. But the new bulb is also not working. What can be reason for this ?

 

Blown fuse, broken wire, faulty light unit

5 minutes ago, edbostan said:

It is confusing as I had the same problem. If the switch is the same as the Roomster the front light is with the switch fully right and the rear fully left. Anyway, the diagram of the car with the door opened should be visible. When I first had the car I thought that the switch should cover the diagram: confusing.

Yes the lights are same. And the switch is in righmost position.

Edited 5 August, 20196 yr by Mrinal

1 minute ago, Tech1e said:

 

Blown fuse, broken wire, faulty light unit

Thank you for helping. It will let you know once they get rectified.

7 hours ago, Tech1e said:

 

Which ties in with my first comment about the switch being in the right* correct place. 

 

*But that could be confusing for some.........and the (fella (assuming) is in India, so probably Indian, with English not being his first language.

 

They can be a little confusing I agree and I bet they change positions depending on manufacture year too

 

In my 55 plate Octy the front switch needs to be towards the drivers side and the (mid) rear light switch needs to be in the middle switch position to work along with doors opening / closing...............simply Skoda!

Edited 5 August, 20196 yr by Tilt

It does beg the question why the first post mentioned specifically the middle position tho???

 

@Mrinal how old is your car??? Is it possible they are on a delayed timer for switching off??? or are they staying on for ages???

 

Is the car new to you??? 

Edited 5 August, 20196 yr by Tilt

 

46 minutes ago, Tilt said:

It does beg the question why the first post mentioned specifically the middle position tho???

 

@Mrinal how old is your car??? Is it possible they are on a delayed timer for switching off??? or are they staying on for ages???

 

Is the car new to you??? 

 

And in my car the middle position is OFF, as in the handbook.

In his first post the op said "I am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position"

That is the fault he asking about and it is not a relevant discussion that the normal position of the light switch is to the centre of the car for auto door switch operation.

I suggest he takes out the light assembly and looks at the connector, wiring and general condition. The next step would be to swap over the front and rear interior light assemblies if they are the same part. and see if the fault follows. As Tech1e said, it could be a faulty light unit.

 

He recently said "New thing i have noticed that the rear interior light is not working ( in any position) so thought of replacing the bulb. But the new bulb is also not working. What can be reason for this ?"

 

Without looking at wiring diagrams I seem to remember that the rear light unit is fed from the front light unit so either the front light unit is faulty or it is getting a feed in the off position from the rear light unit.

It would be easy to remove the rear light unit alone and see if the front light unit then works correctly.

 

 

2 hours ago, pikpilot said:

 

In his first post the op said "I am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position"

That is the fault he asking about and it is not a relevant discussion that the normal position of the light switch is to the centre of the car for auto door switch operation.

 

I get what you are saying but this is what he / she actually said...............You missed a bit off

 

13 hours ago, Mrinal said:

Hi, I have Skoda Octavia MK2. Recently i am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position i.e. when doors are closed it should go off but it won't. It is going off only when i lock the door from remote. Please help.

 

I read it as he / she is trying to find out why it will not switch of when he / she closes the door, as did others, I think....

 

If the middle switch is off on his / her car then the confusion has arisen by them saying 'when doors are closed it should go off but it wont'.

If the middle switch is off, the doors being open or closed would make no difference.

 

And he also said this

 

12 hours ago, Mrinal said:

Yes in right position.

 

Possibly further confusing the situation and making folk think he / she is talking about the door open auto lights.

 

And then he / she was asked the question 'so not the middle' to which they replied 'yes' (ie, not the middle).

 

 

These are the reasons why I think it is a relevant discussion as to where the normal switch position is for the auto door open lights and why I have asked the questions that I asked.

 

I have seen this kind of thing and replied to similar posts a few times and as far as I can remember it has always been user error and easily rectified.

(A bit alike folk thinking a double press on the fob activates the deadlocks - user error)

I think one topic was along the lines of fog lights not working................Do they have bulbs in??? No prizes for guessing what the answer was, Lol.

Not necessarily the case here but always start with the simple stuff.

 

I am trying to help.

Edited 5 August, 20196 yr by Tilt

There could be a slight misunderstanding between the spoken English and the spoken Indian English, (if they are foreign) but his / her written English is pretty good.

  4 hours ago, pikpilot said:

 

In his first post the op said "I am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position"

That is the fault he asking about and it is not a relevant discussion that the normal position of the light switch is to the centre of the car for auto door switch operation.

 

Tilt. My new comments are in Italics. I have copied your reply to my original post but the system will not double embed posts so you may have to look above to see who made which quote.

 

I get what you are saying but this is what he / she actually said...............You missed a bit off

 

  15 hours ago, Mrinal said:

Hi, I have Skoda Octavia MK2. Recently i am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position i.e. when doors are closed it should go off but it won't. It is going off only when i lock the door from remote. Please help.

     Yes I missed the extra bit off on purpose to emphasise that with the switch in the OFF position (i.e. in the middle) then the light is OFF whether the doors are open or not. He should not be expecting the light to turn off when the doors are closed. It is already turned OFF at the switch and it should not be lit. He needs to find out where the light is getting its supply from in the OFF position.

OFF means OFF (to paraphrase a current political quotation)

 

I read it as he / she is trying to find out why it will not switch of when he / she closes the door, as did others, I think....

 

      I would agree if he had been asking about the switch being in the right hand position (notice I had used the term "light switch is to the centre of  the car" as this is the term used in the handbook and is valid for LHD and RHD cars.

 

If the middle switch is off on his / her car then the confusion has arisen by them saying 'when doors are closed it should go off but it wont'.

If the middle switch is off, the doors being open or closed would make no difference.

18 hours ago, pikpilot said:

  4 hours ago, pikpilot said:

 

In his first post the op said "I am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position"

That is the fault he asking about and it is not a relevant discussion that the normal position of the light switch is to the centre of the car for auto door switch operation.

 

Tilt. My new comments are in Italics. I have copied your reply to my original post but the system will not double embed posts so you may have to look above to see who made which quote.

 

I get what you are saying but this is what he / she actually said...............You missed a bit off

 

  15 hours ago, Mrinal said:

Hi, I have Skoda Octavia MK2. Recently i am facing a problem i.e. interior lights won't go off in middle position i.e. when doors are closed it should go off but it won't. It is going off only when i lock the door from remote. Please help.

     Yes I missed the extra bit off on purpose to emphasise that with the switch in the OFF position which is why i said 'I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING' (i.e. in the middle) then the light is OFF whether the doors are open or not. He should not be expecting the light to turn off when the doors are closed. It is already turned OFF at the switch and it should not be lit. He needs to find out where the light is getting its supply from in the OFF position.

 

 AND THEN TECHIE QUESTIONED THE MIDDLE POSITION, I THOUGHT THE SWITCH WAS MEANT TO BE TO THE RIGHT, TO WHICH THE OP REPLIED 'YES IN RIGHT POSITION' AND QUESTIONED AGAIN, SO NOT MIDDLE? to which 'YES' WAS THE REPLY  AND.......... 'YES THE LIGHTS ARE SAME AND THE SWITCH IS IN RIGHTMOST POSITION'. FFS.

OFF means OFF (to paraphrase a current political quotation)

 

I read it as he / she is trying to find out why it will not switch of when he / she closes the door, as did others, I think....

 

      I would agree if he had been asking about the switch being in the right hand position (notice I had used the term "light switch is to the centre of  the car" as this is the term used in the handbook and is valid for LHD and RHD cars.

 

If the middle switch is off on his / her car then the confusion has arisen by them saying 'when doors are closed it should go off but it wont'.

If the middle switch is off, the doors being open or closed would make no difference.

 

Please read the whole topic and not just the first post. As i said 'I get what you say', now please at least try and get what I say...

 

And lets let the op get back, if they bother now, to clarify what the real issue is...................Elvis has left the building........and is a little forked off now.

Edited 6 August, 20196 yr by Tilt