Parking Lamp

Parking Light Diagrams:

Parking Light Components:

Locations of components

1 Battery
On the left-hand side of the engine compartment

3 Earthing point, facia
At the left-hand front speaker socket

7 Earthing point
On the left-hand wheel housing

9 Earthing point
In the luggage compartment, at the left-hand light cluster

10 Light switch
On the left-hand side of the facia

11 Full beam filament
In the left-hand and right-hand headlamps

12 Dipped beam filament
In the left-hand and right-hand headlamps

13 Parking lights
In the front light clusters

14 Rear lights
In the rear light clusters

15 Number plate illumination
On the luggage compartment lid

16 Instrument lighting rheostat
On the facia, on the left-hand side of the steering wheel

20 Ignition switch
On the right-hand side of the steering column

22A Fuse board
Behind the access panel in the glove compartment

57 Three-pole connector
Two in the luggage compartment lid one behind the combined instrument

75 Distribution block
In the engine compartment, forward of the battery

82 Seat belt/ignition switch warning relay
In the electrical distribution box behind the glove compartment

110 Tachometer
In the combined instrument on the facia

122 Eight-pole connector
In the luggage compartment, on the left- hand wheel housing

132 Sensor for the speed transmitter
In the speedometer

158 Negative distribution terminal
On the left-hand side of the electrical distribution box, behind the glove compartment

159 Distribution terminal +15
In the electrical distribution box behind the glove compartment

211 Earthing point
On the gearbox

213 Pictogram
In the combined instrument on the facia

228A Filament monitor
In the electrical distribution box behind the glove compartment

234 Side marker lights
In the front light clusters

258 Connector for trailer lighting
On the left-hand side of the luggage compartment, at the light cluster

Operation
The parking lights can be switched on and off by means of switch 10, to which the supply is always live. See the section entitled "Power supply, Distribution terminal +30".

When the light switch is in position 1, the supply is taken across fuses 29 and 30, to parking lights 13. Each of these fuses also supplies one of the rear lights 14, although through filament monitor 228A. If one of the rear-light bulbs should fail, the relay in the filament monitor will be energized and terminal C1 will be earthed. Since a positive voltage is supplied to terminal 7 (1987)/terminal 9 (i988) of pictogram 213 (from fuse 13), the warning lamps for the rear lights and the central warning lamp will light up. For further particulars, see also the section entitled "Pictogram - Filament monitor".

The supply to number plate illumination 15 and to the parking lights of the trailer will always be live when the parking lights are switched on. However, this supply is not connected through the filament monitor.

The supply to the parking lights of a trailer is connected across connector 258.

USA, Canada and Japan
For these markets, the parking lights are supplemented with side marker lights 234.

Fault-tracing hints
The parking lights are switched on by setting switch 10 to position 1.

1. Check fuses 29 and 30 and check that the supply to them is live.
2. Check the bulbs and check that the supply to them is live. Check the earthing at each lamp.
3. Check the operation of switch 10 and filament monitor 228A by measuring at the corresponding terminals.

Note that the supply to the front parking lights, number plate illumination and to the tow bar connector is not connected through the filament monitor.

4. Check fuse 13 which supplies the warning lamps in the pictogram and check that the supply to the fuse is live.
5. Check the connectors, the wiring and the earth connections.

NOTE:
When changing a bulb, always use a bulb of the correct rating. If this is not observed, the warning lamp in the pictogram may light up due to imbalance in the coil of the filament monitor.