Those little red lights on the front doors - mine don't seem to light up.

First thought - anything to do with fact that this is a Classic, 04 model, or is there some way of switching them on/off?

I think in the Classic (and some other later models too) these are just reflectors , not lights. My Comfort has lights in the front doors , but I belive the later Comfort cars did not get them?

you could always go to the local scrap yard and get some off an older comfort.