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Horn, radio and blinds stopped working
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:14 pm
by Eat Aunt
Hello clever people
I've had my central locking fixed
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However, all at the same time, the radio, horn and electric blinds have decided to stop working now. I didn't notice for a couple of hours after collecting it.
The fuses are fine... although none are labelled horn/radio/blinds on the bank of of fuses down by the drivers door / steering column
Is there an area within the dashboard where I can check for continuity , or maybe just some accidentally disconnected wires ? I don't know whether the central locking being fixed is just a coincidence....
Where should I start digging ?... Thankyou ...
Re: Horn, radio and blinds stopped working
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:29 pm
by g8dhe
Sounds like you had the standard 4 circuits moved across to a leisure battery and the repair has caused the feed to them to fail!
Check the state of your leisure battery it may be simply dead, possibly a blown charging fuse in the split charger circuit?
Or maybe the disconnected the LB when they repaired it and haven't restored the connection ?
The only odd circuit is the horn, which isn't normally moved across from the starter battery.
Re: Horn, radio and blinds stopped working
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:00 pm
by Eat Aunt
Thankyou very much for replying so quickly..
( don't have a leisure battery in my Bongo) .
...I am really interested in the fact that they are linked... possibly not the vehicle horn though ?
Errrmmmm where do I look next ? ? ( the 4 switches for the electric blinds in the rear of the Bongo work ...
Thankyou
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Re: Horn, radio and blinds stopped working
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:02 pm
by Eat Aunt
Thankyou very much for replying so quickly..
( don't have a leisure battery in my Bongo) .
...I am really interested in the fact that they are linked... possibly not the vehicle horn though ?
Errrmmmm where do I look next ? ? ( the 4 switches for the electric blinds in the rear of the Bongo work ...)
How do I extract the two rocker switches in the front cab ?
Thankyou
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Re: Horn, radio and blinds stopped working
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:18 pm
by g8dhe
Well they are normally only linked if you have a leisure battery! Otherwise they are on separate fused circuits on the internal fuse block and fed from different fuses on the under bonnet panels. So they don't appear to have a common source. It could be that they have all failed independently perhaps over time prior to the work even, has the van been used and these items tested prior to the work being carried out?
Re: Horn, radio and blinds stopped working
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:24 pm
by Eat Aunt
Yes indeedee
They all worked...
I'm probably most mystified by the vehicle horn not working now ... the local garage have just checked and the horn relay is OK...
The only links seems to be the central locking being worked on ? (+ some engine work )
A Bongo mystery LOL
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