Ford Mondeo side lights stopped working ,but have dipped beam brake lights and rear fogs pleasse help

Checked fuses ?

just the ones in car not under bonnet as i dont know which ones ,,i have no manual

Could be wrong but did that car not change model in that year ? This is only fuse box layout I could find and is for MK 1 , if your car is mk2 there may little difference on layout , worth a look . http://www.mirez.co.uk/Fuses.htm


Only other thing , possibly faulty contacts in light switch ?

Found this , but again might be Mk 1 ,


http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/Reference/fuses.html .

Best I can do to help .

This is someone else with same fault , might be the same as yours ,

(96-00)2.5 V6 Ghia - Instrument Lights not working - ThePag
Hey guys thanks for the tip.

i had exactly the same problem happen to me today. Must be mondeo light switch breaking season! Mine is a Ford Mondeo 1998 2.0L Zetec modelm with >180k miles too.

Basically - Instrument panel, side lights left and right and rear lights not working at all. Main headlights and dipped head lights work fine.

Took the light switch apart (did get the green plug out of the main housing with difficulty - needed to use a couple of knives or thin sleaves fed into the slot) to give a little more room for cleaning that top left connector plug, which was black.

Basically
(1) remove 3 screws to pull the cover out under the steering wheel - about 5-10 mins i recon. - there are 2 plugs left (one on each side) that pull off after the screws are removed.

(2) pull off the Instrument panel on which the switch is mounted - on the right side of the steering wheel (4 plugs that pull off) - its a little tricky. - perhaps 10min of fiddling if you haven't done it before.

(3) Remove all connector plugs and isolate the switch housing, - 5 mins
(4) Identify blackened plug in a workshop under a light and clean - 10 mins
(5) put back together. - 10mins

next time (hopefully not) ill be quicker!

lights work again as they should.

I had side lights stopped working ,but have dipped beam brake lights and rear fogs pleasse help
Ford Mondeo 2000 LX
Side lights and dashboard lights dont work:
I checked the Fuses and all the bulbs they were all fine.

Yes, it was contacts behind your light switch. I removed the [light switch panel] with flat screw driver, it pops out, if you try to open it like a tin top.

Then get to the back of the light switch and remove the wiring plug. If you look at the wiring socket with wires, it is the top right hand corner RED WIRE connection that causes that problem. I simply cleaned it with sand paper but make sure that connector plug on that top right hand corner RED WIRE is properly connected.

How to test it: leave your driver door open and put side light switch-on as you connect, if the connection works, you will hear lights left-on warning bell and you know that your side lights connection has worked.

(You can put the light switch panel back-in by pushing it back-in, when you finish.)

This is how I fixed my side light and dash-board lights problem. I hope this will help you, if your fault happens to be same as mine.

PLEASE dont drive with your fog lights on for side lights, POLICE fined me £30 under code 165 for putiing FOG LIGHTS on I as drove home when my side lights went off and I had to leave my car there on the spot, because police won't let you drive home either.