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ROOF LIGHT IS FLASHING HELP PLEASE
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:52 pm
by Jaki
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?
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:13 pm
by PeetieM
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
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:14 pm
by rob and karen
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
Thank you
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:32 pm
by Jaki
Than kyou i will try both solutions. thank you. glad it is sfe to drive still.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:58 pm
by mikeonb4c
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
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:12 pm
by Jaki
Thank you so much.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:42 am
by Veg_Ian
I've 'fixed' it by taping a bit of black tape on the dash
hahaha like it. That's a good technical fix Mike
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:25 am
by mikeonb4c
Any technical problems - you just call me, ya here
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:50 am
by smartmonkey
You could do an even more technical repair and take the bulb out. I would consider that a more permanent fix.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:27 pm
by Bongo Boozer
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