Map reading lights bulbs

[Swisstony]

I seem to have an issue with the reading lights front and back 

none of them work and when I took them out they were sparking !

never seen ones like this before 

It seems to have left behind a round metal tube 

are they the same in the rear ?

me thinks previous owner did one of those ultra bright kit upgrade and it has buggered it up 

 

 

[Just Rob]

those are led items, most certainly not factory fit.

Another area that gets changed and in a lot of cases it goes wrong big time with over heating and shorting out.

you need to get anything thats left in the bulb holders out and start a fresh, check the fuse that covers them too as it can get swapped for something with a higher load and that is not good.

 

[Swisstony]

Cheers guess the fuses are in the left hand side like Porsche in the dash ?

 

[Swisstony]

Oh does anyone know what bulb is meant to be in there in terms of part code ?

[Just Rob]

13 minutes ago, Swisstony said:

Cheers guess the fuses are in the left hand side like Porsche in the dash ?

 

dashboard , drivers side , at the end.

cover pings off with access to main fuses., drivers door has to be open to get access.

[Just Rob]

14 minutes ago, Swisstony said:

Oh does anyone know what bulb is meant to be in there in terms of part code ?

i'll check, but its nothing special.

[Just Rob]

Not sure what the wattage is for them but they are festoon bulbs

[Just Rob]

 

5/6/7

[Just Rob]

[Swisstony]

Thanks Rob. I will pick out those broken bulbs and replace them with the correct ones and check this hasnt been done in the rear lights. and check the fuse just in case. 

I made the mistake of doing something similar on our porsche cayenne in a moment of madness , replaced all the factory bulbs with nice shiny LED ones and loads of flickered and blew so back to factory they went. 

You live and learn 🙂