87 190E: Blinking interior light ?!?!
 

This one amazed me: I went into a store last night (locked the car, interior overhead light in its usual position of on when doors open) when I came out and before I unlocked the car, the overhead interior light was blinking!?!

It continued to blink after unlocking and starting the car and driving it.

Anyone encounter this one before?

Haasman

Nope but it sounds like dirty contacts...proberly a 10 min
job with a screwdriver and some tissue paper...he said never having even looked at the overhead light...:D

Mike

Thanks Mike,

Car hasn't done it since .... weird. I now realize there was some rain ... but it has been in the rain before and since.

I was wondering last light whether the interior light is part of the alarm system?

Haasman

this is probably useless - but here you go

i had the rear, and sometimes front lights intermittantly flickering.


put up with it for a week until i had time to search.



turned out - after a long search - that the earth wire off the 'puddle' light in the door had come off - and somehow this had contacted with the door frame, causing the lights to come on and off.


weird.

On the 124, this is said to be the Seatbelt Buzzer Relay acting badly. I get that sometimes if I open just the passenger door when the car is off. Once in that state, I have to start car (initiate normal flash cycle) to clear it. I've also considered simply pulling the bulbs... but it does not happen very often.