Hello ladies and gentleman, basicaly my sidelight on my drivers lamp wasnt working upon further inspection the light had been tampered with, so i sourced a new light from ECP.

Wired it up, everything was working, until wen i decide to drive home today and notice that the sidelight is not working again, what could be causing this???

Please help me people, im getting so annoyed at this little error in my car.  

Try replacing both of them,just doing one can quite often cause this to keep happening for a reason I've yet to figure out.

Chris.

 replaced both of them, i been told to check wiring, which one of the wires is thesidelight one????

 anyone, my local electrician is a bit of a twazzok, thinks that i need to replace my fusebox ?7

evn though no fuses are blown

 seems a bit extreme having to put a new fuse box in...my brothers mk iv 1.9gttdi kept on blowing bulbsin the side lights every 3 weeks,like your self took it to a auto electrician-but every thing was fine...so i changed the buld again & so far so good its lasted 6 months...

i never did find out what was causing it

Tej:

 anyone, my local electrician is a bit of a twazzok, thinks that i need to replace my fusebox ?7

evn though no fuses are blown

Sounds a bit like the builder that want's to knock your house down and start again because there's a small amount of flaking paint in your hallway,sorry can't help you with your problem though from this distance.

Chris.

Can somebody tell how do u get the sidelights out to replace them?

 Pull them out with small hands or unfortunately if you admit defeat the only other way is to take the bumper off then the headlight out.

Garfie:

 Pull them out with small hands or unfortunately if you admit defeat the only other way is to take the bumper off then the headlight out.

So u just pull them striaght out, no special tools required?

Ive tried and tried and tried but still cant get them out and i do not want to take the bumper off....

 http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/122899.aspx

Imagewerx:

 http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/122899.aspx

Great write up but like i said i do not want to take the bumper off...

Oh well ill just keep the c**p sidelights in then!

If you undo the blanking plate at the back mate. Just pull the little holder out. The holder is like a tapered plastic bit that clicks in to the hole, Maybe the tapered bits have come off and the previous owner has super glued? They are alittle hard to get at, but i have hands like shovels and i can just about do what i need to do. 

I just fit a set of Anniverary headlights, then realised that i hadnt swapped the light motors out the old ones. I put the motors back in, in situ, So it isnt that hard a job.. The passengers, requires you taking the plastic battery cover off anything else that could aid.  Failing that.. Taking the bumper off isnt that hard. About 14 screws and 20 mins i had it off and back on again..

markyb:

If you undo the blanking plate at the back mate. Just pull the little holder out. The holder is like a tapered plastic bit that clicks in to the hole, Maybe the tapered bits have come off and the previous owner has super glued? They are alittle hard to get at, but i have hands like shovels and i can just about do what i need to do. 

I just fit a set of Anniverary headlights, then realised that i hadnt swapped the light motors out the old ones. I put the motors back in, in situ, So it isnt that hard a job.. The passengers, requires you taking the plastic battery cover off anything else that could aid.  Failing that.. Taking the bumper off isnt that hard. About 14 screws and 20 mins i had it off and back on again..

Thanks for your help mate..

Ill give it a go when i get a chance!