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lez · 05-31-2006, 07:57 AM

My car had a 'design feature' that the rear of the car, is not the same ground as the front of the car........

When my car was originally sold as a series 1, within months of ownership your backlights would fail.......

It also had 'multipoint' ground tags, where a group of grounds came together and plugged into a ground strip, and then that group ran to ground, so if the 'last bit of the chain' broke, 5 or 6 items could lose their grounds and lead to all sorts of errors....

The 'upgrade' was a thick cable from floor of trunk to front of car, and all earth wires to be fitted with tags and bolted to the chassis.

Problem was while dealers saw the problems, the parent company would not accept that their flagship model had /any/ faults, and so for about a year nothing was done, while the cars where quing to go back to dealers for faults.

common faults where no rear lights, phantom bulb failure warnings, not getting real bulb failure warings, suspension sticking in sports mode, loss of front lights, loss of radiator fans...

That car never sold, and to this day stories exist about what a dog of a car it is, all of which are not true if its grounded right.

Just a thought..........

05-31-2006, 07:57 AM	#9
lez FLAC Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,284	My car had a 'design feature' that the rear of the car, is not the same ground as the front of the car........ When my car was originally sold as a series 1, within months of ownership your backlights would fail....... It also had 'multipoint' ground tags, where a group of grounds came together and plugged into a ground strip, and then that group ran to ground, so if the 'last bit of the chain' broke, 5 or 6 items could lose their grounds and lead to all sorts of errors.... The 'upgrade' was a thick cable from floor of trunk to front of car, and all earth wires to be fitted with tags and bolted to the chassis. Problem was while dealers saw the problems, the parent company would not accept that their flagship model had /any/ faults, and so for about a year nothing was done, while the cars where quing to go back to dealers for faults. common faults where no rear lights, phantom bulb failure warnings, not getting real bulb failure warings, suspension sticking in sports mode, loss of front lights, loss of radiator fans... That car never sold, and to this day stories exist about what a dog of a car it is, all of which are not true if its grounded right. Just a thought.......... __________________ Lez. XM 2.1TD ~ Morette triple headlights+HID ~ Leather kit ~ XC70 alloys Exhaust rear boxes removed ~ meshed air filter Last edited by lez; 05-31-2006 at 08:01 AM.