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has anybody suffered this problem? this happend to me last sunday.i noticed that the dash lights and interior light were on dim when i was outside the car. opened the door and they all went off. closed the door and they all came back on again. turn the key and they all glow brightly. switch off and take the key out and it happens again. i drove round to my local b+q and switched off, took the key out and the engine carried on running!
called the AA and he spent about 1and a half hours trying to find an earth fault and although he couldn't find it he narrowed it down to a problem with the interior lights. he removed fuse 19 and apart from the fact that i now have no interior lightsthe car runs fine. when i switch on the pointers on the dashshoot over to the right then drop back again. when ipress the key fob to lock the car the indicators flash and it locks. when i unlock it on the fob it unlocks but the indicators don't flash
somebody said it could bea fault with the alternator. if it is and is a part that can be replaced i'll get it but if the alternator needs replacing to rectify the fault i'll make do without the interior lights and put up with the other weird problems.

called the AA and he spent about 1and a half hours trying to find an earth fault and although he couldn't find it he narrowed it down to a problem with the interior lights. he removed fuse 19 and apart from the fact that i now have no interior lightsthe car runs fine. when i switch on the pointers on the dashshoot over to the right then drop back again. when ipress the key fob to lock the car the indicators flash and it locks. when i unlock it on the fob it unlocks but the indicators don't flash

somebody said it could bea fault with the alternator. if it is and is a part that can be replaced i'll get it but if the alternator needs replacing to rectify the fault i'll make do without the interior lights and put up with the other weird problems.