| I have a 1990 mk1, and I noticed that my reverse lights have stopped working. I checked the fuses by the footwell and they all seem ok. I checked and replaced one of the bulbs in the lights (didnt look at the other) I also checked the fuses in the engine bay, all were ok. Has anyone ever experienced this before...? (12/99) |
| Probably the reversing light switch. It costs about 12 or so from your friendly neighbourhood Mazda garage, and is straightforward to fit assuming you can jack the car up and adequately support it while fumbling around behind the exhaust pipe. There are instructions on Miata.net, but I just paid a garage for the 30 min it took them to do it instead.(12/99) |
| There is (was) a service note that the reversing light switch can fail on these early cars. It happened to our first 1990 within a few days of having it. (12/99) |
| Noticed a problem with my reversing lights this morning , When I put the car in reverse the reversing lights dont always come on !! Any ideas ?? is there a switch/contact I should check ?? (12/99) |
| I am told the reversing lights switch is prone to failure on early Roadsters. I guess it is on the gear box somewhere. (12/99) |
| I've been having a problem with my reversing lights - they don't come on. Check the fuses and bulbs - all ok, so I guess the switch in gear box area is knackered??? is this easy to get to or repair? (3/01) |
| Maybe it's jammed.... you can get to it to prise it away with a flat head screw driver & spray wd40 all over it, you have to take the center console apart to get to it though.... I've got a mail somewhere about it... if you don't get any joy reply to me direct and I will look for it... (3/01) |
| The switch is located on the gearbox extension, passenger side, slightly above the middle, height wise. Could be faulty - but check the wiring starting at the switch first. (3/01) |
| I have non-functioning reversing lights on my Roadster. They have never worked and I'm wondering if the fog light swap (this is a Mk 2) messed up the wiring. Or do Japanese models have non-functional reversing lights? (3/01) |
| No - who ever did the conversion for UK spec has probably used the reversing lights as fog lights. I thought however that ALL MK2 had the same rear tail lights, which is why they redesigned them - so they rear light cluster could contain the fogs without being in breach of legistalation for close proximity to brake lights. Sounds very messed up personally. (3/01) |
| Well I've got the light cluster that was removed from the offside. So now I have an offside cluster with a fog light and a nearside cluster with a non-functional reverse light. Maybe there's only one lead in a Japanese wiring loom - no I don't think I can let myself believe that - to that light. Perhaps I should do some poking about inside. (3/01) |