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[mjm295]

Hi All

I have been getting a text message:

Parking Light Bulb Failure

But i seems to appear intermittently. I noticed it a few weeks ago on the way to work, but it had gone off on the way home. It came on a few days later, but off again next time I got in to the car.

What is the "parking light?"

[JsR]

I had that with the XC90 - it was a rear sidelight bulb that had blown. It wasn't intermittent however.

John R

[A- W]

Side lights basically.

You have two in each rear light cluster and one in the front light cluster.

Turn the lights on and have a look around the car, if it is intermittent maybe just a lose bulb.

Remember to check for two bulbs in the rears though, easy mistake to notice one of them lit and miss the other.

[blues60]

Originally Posted by A- W

Side lights basically.

You have two in each rear light cluster and one in the front light cluster.

Turn the lights on and have a look around the car, if it is intermittent maybe just a lose bulb.

Remember to check for two bulbs in the rears though, easy mistake to notice one of them lit and miss the other.

There is actually 3 in the rear light cluster. There is a third which is a side marker which is located at the lower side edge of the unit. The system tends to indicate an anticipated failure as well as actual failures. I'll have a root about to see if I can find the thread on this which was posted a while back.

Here it is: http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showth...t=bulb+failure

If you put "bulb failure" in search it comes up with loads of threads about it, pretty common!

[seany]

Originally Posted by mjm295

Hi All

I have been getting a text message:

Parking Light Bulb Failure

But i seems to appear intermittently. I noticed it a few weeks ago on the way to work, but it had gone off on the way home. It came on a few days later, but off again next time I got in to the car.

What is the "parking light?"

Yup happens at least once a week to me.
I tend to ignore it now, it usually goes off after 30 secs or so once I've started moving.

When I first got the car (May) I messed about swapping bulbs around ... it is always the same liight location, regardless of which bulb is in it.
Must be a poor connection somewhere.

Doesn't bother me now!!

[A- W]

Originally Posted by blues60

There is actually 3 in the rear light cluster. There is a third which is a side marker which is located at the lower side edge of the unit. The system tends to indicate an anticipated failure as well as actual failures. I'll have a root about to see if I can find the thread on this which was posted a while back.

Here it is: http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showth...t=bulb+failure

If you put "bulb failure" in search it comes up with loads of threads about it, pretty common!

Of course forgot about that one.

[blues60]

Seany, have you checked the little side marker bulb? I'll bet it's that one. I never realised it was there until someone at work showed me.

[seany]

Originally Posted by blues60

Seany, have you checked the little side marker bulb? I'll bet it's that one. I never realised it was there until someone at work showed me.

I know which bulb position it is, when it kept happening in my first couple of weeks of ownership, I could simply knock on the red lens and it would come back on.

I eventually did a bulb swap around ..... the same bulb POSITION still, on a weekly basis, causes the text message. Usually when I first turn turn it on in the morning.

When it fails to go out (the text message) after approx 30 secs, then I know I have a problem!!

[mjm295]

When I went out earlier I noticed that only 1 bulb was on on the off-side. A 'wiggle' seemed to fix it so I'll keep an eye on it. Ill have a look for loose wires when I get chance at the weekend.

Thanks

Mark

[S60-MBS]

since i stopped using halfords brand and other cheaper brands i have never got that message again...