Door Handle Light

[Good Soil (Pete)]

My drivers side door handle light stopped working......(illuminates the place to push to make the door handle pop out...I believe someone said 2007 onwards do this).

Checked the fuses all ok.

The warranty has one week left so I get it checked into the dealer local to me (just in case). I am pleased I did as they told me it's not a simple bulb but rather the fact that the LED is 'all part of the mechanism' ...it's all being taken care of by the warranty company and it's only 0.75h job plus £120 for the part so not a massive expense but it just annoys me that it seems the throw away society mentality has hit again, what a waste of parts!!!

[Neil1300R]

[quote=Good Soil (Pete)]the LED is 'all part of the mechanism' ...it's all being taken care of by the warranty company and it's only 0.75h job plus £120 for the part so not a massive expense but it just annoys me that it seems the throw away society mentality has hit again, what a waste of parts!!!
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Quick run, save yoursleves before Quinny see this thread and it starts him off again!

[burntout]

Mines being done this week.... In fact at this moment in time it is the only thing about my car that is annoying me!! Cant be bad!!!

Oh and the corroded wing mirror arm driver side!! also being done this week, Cant tell you all how glad I am that a £2500-00 warranty has helped me out so far!! LOL.....

[Good Soil (Pete)]

Quinny said:

To late...... £120 quid for a 10p LED has got to be a bargain in anybody's book

It's a joke isn't it?.....can't blame Aston for the price of the complete part I guess but who ever manufactures it so you can't just whip out an LED needs a public flogging! James - Bring me the birch twigs!

[clarky5150]

But surely the worst case scenario is that it is soldered in and covered in some form of resin.
Perhaps Rick at DMS can confirm. The TVR boys would be up to their armpits in fastenings and aryldite by now.
If it is a warranty cover then let them get on with it but shrouding cars in unrepairatanium only lines the dealers pockets. Lets get repairing!!

[peterr96]

clarky5150 said:

But surely the worst case scenario is that it is soldered in and covered in some form of resin.
Perhaps Rick at DMS can confirm. The TVR boys would be up to their armpits in fastenings and aryldite by now.
If it is a warranty cover then let them get on with it but shrouding cars in unrepairatanium only lines the dealers pockets. Lets get repairing!!

100% agree. Can you get the old one? I'd be well prepared to "ave a go". What's the worst that could happen?

[lady topaz]

On a similar vein. When my car goes in for its 1st service in a couple of weeks they are also repainting the drivers door handle which is bubbling. All agreed, but perhaps I'm wrong but wouldnt it be easier and less labour hours to just replace it with a new one and sort the old one out later.

I guess maybe there aren't too many painted handles lying around.

Di

[Good Soil (Pete)]

Quinny said:

And as an ex TVR boy, let me tell you, if any of the tuppeny hapeny things go wrong on my car, they'll be on the bench and in bits in no time...

Nothing to lose at the end of the day...... If it can't be fixed you have to buy a new one anyway

I'm going to ask for the old part so I can tinker..... at the end of the day it is a warranty job so not bothering get my precious little hands dirty (in a weeks time when the warranty has run out it will be a different story!)

[petecowie]

Is there anyone doiong a retro fit on these? I have a 06 DB9 and would like the LED lit handles.
Thanks
Pete

[yeti]

petecowie said:

Is there anyone doiong a retro fit on these? I have a 06 DB9 and would like the LED lit handles.
Thanks
Pete

Ahh, that'd be nice. Anyone..?