2003, 1.4 LS petrol Astra, 33k miles.

Battery keeps going flat due to glovebox light not switching off (should go
off when ignition is turned off but does not). Likewise radio can be turned
on before the key is put into the ignition switch. I have removed the
glovebox bulb to avoid another flat battery, but does anyone have any ideas
what the bigger electrical fault is here?

G

"G"  wrote in message 
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> 2003, 1.4 LS petrol Astra, 33k miles.
>
> Battery keeps going flat due to glovebox light not switching off (should 
> go
> off when ignition is turned off but does not).


Glove box lights normally have a switch somewhere.


> Likewise radio can be turned
> on before the key is put into the ignition switch.


All Vauxhalls do that. The radio will only stay on for an hour though.


> I have removed the
> glovebox bulb to avoid another flat battery, but does anyone have any 
> ideas
> what the bigger electrical fault is here? 

"G"  wrote in message 
news:dbef8r$mo6$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...

> 2003, 1.4 LS petrol Astra, 33k miles.
>
> Battery keeps going flat due to glovebox light not switching off (should 
> go
> off when ignition is turned off but does not). Likewise radio can be 
> turned
> on before the key is put into the ignition switch. I have removed the
> glovebox bulb to avoid another flat battery, but does anyone have any 
> ideas
> what the bigger electrical fault is here?
>


the radio can have its preference changed so that it stays on or goes off, 
look in the manual.  the glove box has a switch

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:32:17 +0100, "G" 
wrote:


>2003, 1.4 LS petrol Astra, 33k miles.
>
>Battery keeps going flat due to glovebox light not switching off (should go
>off when ignition is turned off but does not). Likewise radio can be turned
>on before the key is put into the ignition switch. I have removed the
>glovebox bulb to avoid another flat battery, but does anyone have any ideas
>what the bigger electrical fault is here?
>
>G
>


Since it's GM, It probably has the same crappy glovebox light as my
Saab. The "switch" is a worthless piece of bent Coke-can held in place
by spigots on the plastic lens. It makes a bad contact and gets hot,
the plastic spigots then melt and jam everything up - either so it
never turns on or so it never turns off. GM then expect you to pay
them extra money to buy another piece of shit exactly the same as the
one that probably nearly set fire to the car the first time round.

With a Stanley knife, you can make it as good as new i.e crap.

I've just read the bit about it being meant not to work with the
ignition off, so the above answer doesn't apply but I'm not going to
let that spoil a good rant.

The radio is probably meant to work as you describe. It should turn
itself off every time you turn the ignition off, or it should time out
after a while if you never turn the ignition on.

Cheers,

Colin.

Thus spake Colin Stamp unto the assembled multitudes:


> The radio is probably meant to work as you describe. It should turn
> itself off every time you turn the ignition off, or it should time out
> after a while if you never turn the ignition on.

                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That seems to be a very expensive way of buying a radio...  :-)



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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:53:23 +0000 (UTC), Andy Clews
 wrote:


>Thus spake Colin Stamp unto the assembled multitudes:
>
>> The radio is probably meant to work as you describe. It should turn
>> itself off every time you turn the ignition off, or it should time out
>> after a while if you never turn the ignition on.
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>That seems to be a very expensive way of buying a radio...  :-)


It might be, but it's a really cheap way of running a car...

Cheers,

Colin.