ROOF LIGHT IS FLASHING HELP PLEASE

Jaki · Post by **Jaki** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:52 pm

Can any one give me advice, my roof light started flashing as soon as i started the engine this afternoon, i have raised the roof checked nothing is caught anywhere and lowered it twice, still it is flashing the manual says turn off engine call your mazda dealer, but this is a quite part of cornwall no maxda people about got to be at work in the morning and i am worried weather or not to continue driving , will it be safe to?

PeetieM · Post by **PeetieM** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:13 pm

Hi Jaki,
We had this on our Bongo when we test drove it at Kernowbongo.
There is quite a lot of info about it in these forums (search Roof AND light AND flashing) the upshot is, in our case that the micro switches in the roof can fail. The choice is to replace (difficult) or disconnect the wiring. If it is obvious that your roof is properly closed then it would be OK to drive tomorrow and have a more detailed examination later. We had ours disconnected and will probably not bother sorting it, but always make sure our roof is closed.
Hope this helps.

Pete

rob and karen · Post by **rob and karen** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:14 pm

normally its a switch that is knackered , there are two micro switches on the front under the roof , the one that seems to cause the problems is the drivers side one try putting a bit of card board between the switch terminals and see if the light goes out , should be safe to drive though never heard of a bongo roof flying up and over

rob and karen

Jaki · Post by **Jaki** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:32 pm

Than kyou i will try both solutions. thank you. glad it is sfe to drive still.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:58 pm

Bought mine with a flashing roof light. Nearly 1 year on and I've 'fixed' it by taping a bit of black tape on the dash so I dont have to look at it. Must fix it properly one day but not worried about it - I can hear the roof locks go home when the roof has come all hte way down.

Mike

Jaki · Post by **Jaki** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:12 pm

Thank you so much.

Veg_Ian · Post by **Veg_Ian** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:42 am

I've 'fixed' it by taping a bit of black tape on the dash

hahaha like it. That's a good technical fix Mike

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:25 am

Any technical problems - you just call me, ya here

smartmonkey · Post by **smartmonkey** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:50 am

You could do an even more technical repair and take the bulb out. I would consider that a more permanent fix.

Bongo Boozer · Post by **Bongo Boozer** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:27 pm

Jaki,
I have posted this previously and its still working fine give it a go.

Open the roof slighty about 2 foot (its easier to reach the micro switchs)
put a bit of cardboard between the switch contacts. if this stops the bleeping do what i did next
unscrew the black part of the microswitch only slightly put a screw driver behind and lever (very gently not too much) towards the cream coloured plastic part that the metal strip touches and re tighten.
Then do the same to the cream part (2 screws on these) and lever towards the black part and re tighten.
Do this to both sides (I only had to do the front to cure my bleeping) and test.
Mine works how it should now (no bleeping when it's down corectly).
The idea is basically to get the 2 parts closer together.

Cheers
Steve