Rear lights

[craigyboy]

The rear side lights are not working and the indicator lamp is
illuminating on the dash board.Ive checked the fuses and lamps
and they are all ok.Does the lighting go through the ECU? Anyone
any ideas?

Thanks

[Mark1]

Bad earth?

[Fraz]

are you getting a live at the rear?

and no the circuit goes (in a simple way ) fuesd feed to light switch out put from switch to lights

it should not be going through the ENGINE CONTROL UNIT ...there is no Body control unit as in newer cars

I would start at the switch check that your getting the feed there and its working by switching a live output, it then should go to the check control unit and then to lights

the wires run up the N/S to the rear for both lights

[v6 steve]

earth or switch

[Fraz]

do the front side lights work ??? do all the other rear lights work fog light and reverse

[craigyboy]

Yes the front and the rest of the rear lights work

[craigyboy]

Yes i'm getting 12v at the fuses

[Fraz]

so the front work ...but are they standard lights or aftermarket ones ...and if so are they using the standard front side light circuit ?

are you getting 12V at the rear lights?

are you getting 12V from the light switch ?

[craigyboy]

Yes they are standard rear lights.They were working
before the problem with the ECU

[Fraz]

Front lights are they standard ?

[Fraz]

you must have pulled a connector off some place behind the dash ...the ECU has nothing what so ever to do with the lights

[craigyboy]

Cheers for the help guys,got it fixed.It was the connections behind
the switch.Must have bumped it at the weekend moving the loom.