Xantia estate tailgate lights
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Xantia estate tailgate lights
Hi all,
I have just bought a V reg Xantia 2.0 HDI SX estate so this is my first post.
My lights on the tailgate dont seem to work so I have no reversing lights or rear fog lights can anyone give me any ideas where to start looking to sort this out please.
All other lights work fine.
Many thanks...Tim
I have just bought a V reg Xantia 2.0 HDI SX estate so this is my first post.
My lights on the tailgate dont seem to work so I have no reversing lights or rear fog lights can anyone give me any ideas where to start looking to sort this out please.
All other lights work fine.
Many thanks...Tim
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
Hi Tim
As you say they don't work on the tailgate I take it that the ones on the body do, in which case you possibly have a broken wire/s between the tailgate and the body, if its done a high mileage and the tailgate has been used a lot this can happen. You can check by pulling back the rubber gaitor on the top corner, then you can the examine the wires.
Peter
As you say they don't work on the tailgate I take it that the ones on the body do, in which case you possibly have a broken wire/s between the tailgate and the body, if its done a high mileage and the tailgate has been used a lot this can happen. You can check by pulling back the rubber gaitor on the top corner, then you can the examine the wires.
Peter
Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
Hi Peter,
Yes all the body lights work and it does have highish mileage of 160k but its been well looked after and drives like a car with half the miles. I will pop out to the car in a bit and pull the rubber gaitor back as suggested and will post my findings.
many thanks
Yes all the body lights work and it does have highish mileage of 160k but its been well looked after and drives like a car with half the miles. I will pop out to the car in a bit and pull the rubber gaitor back as suggested and will post my findings.
many thanks
Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
Hi again,
Yep you were right, just pulled back the gaitor and there are three wires that are severed!
I will pop out and get some crimp connectors in a bit and rejoin them and hopefully that will be that.
Many thanks for your suggestion...Tim
Yep you were right, just pulled back the gaitor and there are three wires that are severed!
I will pop out and get some crimp connectors in a bit and rejoin them and hopefully that will be that.
Many thanks for your suggestion...Tim
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
That was quick, you must be keen Pleased you found it.
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
It may be worth thinking about why the wires fractured. Was it through much flexing with use, or has Citroen not been very generous with the amount of wire in the loom at that point?
If the latter, it may be worth thinking about letting in short lengths of wire into the broken ones. This problem does seem to afflict the tailgates of Xantia estates, and you may find it useful seaching this topic on the Forum, though I can't point you directly to relevant posts.
If the latter, it may be worth thinking about letting in short lengths of wire into the broken ones. This problem does seem to afflict the tailgates of Xantia estates, and you may find it useful seaching this topic on the Forum, though I can't point you directly to relevant posts.
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
I did this with an XM because they broke again later but I was using the tailgate a lot as I was working then and opening it a number of times a day, the car had done over 250,000 miles, I think with normal use they should last quite well.
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
Hi Tim,
It may be worth a shot of silicon spray if you have any insde each of the rubber gators, without the rubber seems a bit sticky and I thought that it would assist in spreading the twisting motion accross a greater length of the wire.
Hope that helps ... Andy
It may be worth a shot of silicon spray if you have any insde each of the rubber gators, without the rubber seems a bit sticky and I thought that it would assist in spreading the twisting motion accross a greater length of the wire.
Hope that helps ... Andy
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
As space is rather tight in the rubber boot for crimp connectors you may find it easier to solder the wires back together.
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
All done and working as normal , I added some short lengths of wire using connector blox and taped it all in place , thanks for the help , I would not have thought about looking under the gaitor...Tim
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
Well done. I used crimp connectors but added a length of wire and pushed the joins back through into the body and tailgate.
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
That could well be true.
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Re: Xantia estate tailgate lights
It's a common problem on estates and is a combination of poor quality wires and Heiulitz (who built all the estates) being mean with wire lengths. It's a rare problem indeed on the hatch...
The copper conductors are hard and brittle and this, long with short lengths and hard insulation, sees the wires off.
The copper conductors are hard and brittle and this, long with short lengths and hard insulation, sees the wires off.
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