New owner - interior lights not switching on when opening a door and electric boot issues.

[madfiddler]

Hi, new Alhambra owner here. It's an SE L model. Jumping to a 2019 car from a 2009 car, I'm struggling with all of the electronics as we don't use a car that much, and the manual isn't helping.

I have the interior light control set to the the middle "Door contact connection" selection. Nothing happens with any door opening, nor when I unlock the car. The lights work as expected with the other settings.

We've also had an intermittent issue where the electronic boot doesn't close properly; it closes but doesn't lock, and other times where it simply won't open.

I'm wondering if, for the lights, there's a setting I'm missing somewhere, but the boot may be more of an electrical issue (although it's only intermittently happening)?

Thanks a lot,

Mark.

 

[Tell]

Not familiar with the Alhambra controls but the Altea as I recall you could toggle off the lights to open on the doors. The button was round the mirror area as I recall. The idea is you can be discrete about opening the doors. They do it on police cars. Might be that switch wherever it is needs toggling.

 

[madfiddler]

Thanks for the reply. There isn't anything like that on ours. Finding a few more issues now, like the rear door and boot open/close buttons on the centre console also don't appear to be working.