Courtesy Light Relay

[Pete Mac]

I used to be able to leave the Griff 3 weeks or so without a charge, it now seems to be a day or two. I leave it on trickle charge but decided to find out the source of the current leakage. Pulled all the fuses, not those. Started to test the relays using my trusty little Maplin relay tester and found the courtesy light relay to be warm to the touch and faulty.

I have pulled the relay out and started to source a replacement and found them to be over 50 quid....! Anyway for the sake of completeness I would like to replace it but has anybody found a cheaper source? Perhaps £10-20 would seem a bit more reasonable. The relay has part no. 85GG 13C718 AA on it and this apparently changed to 92GG 13C718 AA and the Ford FINIS no. is 6434052.

Fleabay just seems to have second hand units on it and I would like to replace with new. Any tips gratefully received.

I only hope it is this relay at fault. Next step is to replace the immobiliser. I have bought a replacement Cobra unit and that was only £35. Pete

[Pete Mac]

I just bought a new one on Fleabay for 20 quid. Pete

[Hoover.]

this is relay is a ford part,,,, Scorpio/Granada part ... apparently a problematic part, according to an auto electrician who looked at my car about years ago renowned for failure

[neutral 3]

Where is the courtesy relay ? Any photos of it ? My new batt is also flat within a few days, I suspect its this relay. Iv noticed that the rubber pad on the door that pushes into the sill courtesy switch is missing, are they available ?

[Barreti]

I got one recently off ebay recently for £20 after looking for ages, they are like rocking horse poo
I've read there is a different one which just dims the light differently but can't confirm this personally.

The relay is the yellow one in the top right of the board.

[Pete Mac]

neutral 3 said:

Where is the courtesy relay ? Any photos of it ? My new batt is also flat within a few days, I suspect its this relay. Iv noticed that the rubber pad on the door that pushes into the sill courtesy switch is missing, are they available ?

It's this little tinker, circled:



and it looks like this.



I used one of these, surprisingly effective but couldn't fit the stonking big ignition relay, which luckily was not the faulty relay:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-automotive-relay-...

The tell tale sign was the relay was warm to touch and when I put it in the tester it was faulty.

These relays are available on order from your local Ford dealer for about £55 including VAT. On the other hand they seem to be listed on Fleabay for £89.95.....! They come up from time to time. I was lucky I grabbed one for £20 new.

As I said I used to get 3-4 weeks out of the battery but recently a day or two. Touch wood this seems to have solved the problem.

Not sure about the rubber pad but presumably if the switch remains on the 'on' position the relay stays closed, which can't help matters. Try taking the relay right out and see if that solves the battery drain. What's the downside, you only lose your courtesy light but how often do you use that? Pete