F430 owners - need a favour

Can you please check your window lift switches on the dashboard in the dark with lights off and no power to the car? I need to know if yours are illuminated. I noticed that mine were illuminated with no lights on and no power to the car. I'm trying to find out if this is normal. No other switches illuminate until I turn on the head lights. Thanks.

 

Thanks. I didn't wait for the time out.

 

I opened the passenger door this morning to hook up the CTEK. Twelve hours later the window lift switches are still illuminated. Any ideas?

The only thing I've done in that area was to slide the Becker radio out to replace the right window lift switch. The switch was a new unit from Ricambi. If the switches are staying illuminated all of the time, I'm wondering if this is the cause of my battery drain after three days of non use.

 

Joe - Thanks for the lead. I tried the door handle workout on the passenger side. No help so far. I'll pop the arm rests tomorrow and see if I can see the micro switches. Maybe some contact cleaner will help. As for now it's on the CTEK so the battery won't go flat.

 

Thanks to Ricambi's diagrams I have found that there are two micro switches in each door. One switch is for the outer handle and the other is for the inner. I can hear them click on the passenger side but not on the driver's side. I will start there.

I still have not figured out how the inner door lock buttons work. Right now they act like there is no power to them. I can lock the car with the push button in the key or with the key using the door keyhole. Nothing happens when I use the buttons inside.

 

I tried that to no avail. So far I think I have it isolated to the inside driver's door handle as I do not hear a micro switch clicking like I do with the other three positions. I haven't had the time to tear into it yet so it stays on the CTEK when not in use.

 

Let us know if that's a good fix. The only other oddity I've noticed is the passenger window does not disappear completely when in the fully lowered position. It sticks up from the base of the door about a 1/4 inch. The driver's side goes completely down and out of sight.

 

Possible in my case as I have changed the battery. My assumption was the battery was old (2009) based on records but it could have been the sitting for 4 days with the window lift switches illuminated. It took about the same amount of time to kill the new Optima. So far no issues as long as the CTEK is hooked up. I just ordered another one for the Vette.

As soon as my Fabspeed headers and exhaust arrive, I'll have plenty of down time to start sorting things out. The brake pads will be replaced while I have the car elevated as well as I'm tired of the black wheels every time I drive it.