Light inside drivers door lock, anyone else seen this on theirs?!!

[Jono FD3]

Guys, I was working on mine lastnight & found that inside the drivers door lock (mounted by the lock barrel in the same aperture) there was a small bulb, same as you get in the ash tray by your left elbow! Never noticed any light from it before, but deffinatly a std mazda fitment. has anyone else got this & have you noticed it working before?

Jono

[grinder]

i think its a stock fitment on all FC & FD

never known it to work before

if you lift the door handle slightly can you hear a microswitch click ... i think the idea is that you lift the door handle , the light comes on and you can see where you key goes

[Brett]

Works on all of mine :Giggle

[grinder]

well arent you the lucky one !! LOL

[RobMatthews]

yes, i discovered mine a long time ago now,when i  changed handles to feed and swapped the locks,comes on, along with the ignition key light when you lift the handle

[rx7boy]

Works on mine, when it stopped working I changed it to high intensity 12v blue led, looks quite cool when on, will see if I have any pictures

[adib]

mine comes on with the central locking when i unlock the car

[karl_tate]

i have one near the ignition which comes on when i unlock the car but i dont know where you mean the other one is, im confused lol

[Nik da Greek]

In the external keyhole in the doorhandle, Karl! If you lift the handle, it\'ll come on so you can see the lock in the dark to put the key in.

[Ada7]

i have one near the ignition which comes on when i unlock the car but i dont know where you mean the other one is, im confused lol

I got the ignition one too but never noticed the door lock ones :xconfused

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

....all over Britain and the World the tranquility of an early March night is shattered by the noise of hundreds of FD doorhandles being flapped about aimlessly to the tune of cries of "Oooooooh, yeah, look, it does light up" and "fduks sake, that\'s another handle bloody broken then" hahahaha

[Ada7]

My handles are fine thank you :p

Adam

[karl_tate]

:rollin :rollin nik, you seriously crack me up hahaha

btw my handles are fine, well they weren\'t until they got covered in grease. and no, i dont have a little light

[Brett]

well arent you the lucky one !! LOL

That\'s cos Im special! :king

[DrDan]

....all over Britain and the World the tranquility of an early March night is shattered by the noise of hundreds of FD doorhandles being flapped about aimlessly to the tune of cries of "Oooooooh, yeah, look, it does light up" and "fduks sake, that\'s another handle bloody broken then" hahahaha

ROFL
 
The light in the external door lock comes on at the same time as ignition light... as Nik points out, when you lift up the door handle
 
As it is a small fillament bulb, I suspect that it is quite prone to burning out. It\'s easy enough to replace:
- unbolt the door handle - two nuts inside under the plastic cover
- off pops the door handle
- pull the blub out of the holder that keeps it in position next to the lock
- cut bulb off, solder or crimp new bulb to wires
 
If you have the door card off then you can unplug the long tail (two wires) of the bulb from inside the door, and then take the whole lot inside so that you don\'t have to work outside in the cold
 
rx7boy is right - an LED would probably be a useful upgrade, I couldn\'t find a white 12v LED when I replaced mine so just swapped in a normal filament bulb.
 
DrDan.