Tourer rear lights colour code

[macafee2]

Have I worked out this colour code for the offside rear light cluster correctly? 2005/6 diesel tourer

Right indicator Green
Right Tail light Red / Blue
Right Stop light Blue / Green
Right Fog light Blue / White
Right Reverse Green / Brown
Black Earth This is a complete guess or is it power to stop light when tail light has failed?

I have tried the Haynes manual and Rave but could not understand either of them


macafee2

[RoverP480]

Out of my Haynes Manual :-
Red/Blue RH tail
Red/Brown LH tail
Light Green/Blue LH stop
Green/Brown LH reverse
Green/Blue RH stop
Green/Brown RH reverse
Blue/White RH fog
Blue/Yellow LH fog
Green/Slate RH flasher
Green/Pink LH flasher
Black are earth connections
The change stop to failed tail is via the LSM

[macafee2]

Originally Posted by RoverP480

Out of my Haynes Manual :-
Red/Blue RH tail
Red/Brown LH tail
Light Green/Blue LH stop
Green/Brown LH reverse
Green/Blue RH stop
Green/Brown RH reverse
Blue/White RH fog
Blue/Yellow LH fog
Green/Slate RH flasher
Green/Pink LH flasher
Black are earth connections
The change stop to failed tail is via the LSM

Brilliant, thank you very much

macafee2

[RoverP480]

It can be traced back to the original British wire coding:-
The original basics are ;-
Black =Earth
Brown = permanent live unfused
Purple = Permanent live fused
White = ignition controlled unfused
Green = Ignition controlled Fused
Red = Side and tail lights
Blue = headlights
Trace colours were then added to differentiate various combinations , so Blue with white trace is Headlamp main beam, blue with a red trace is headlamp dip beam , and so on a so forth. Flasher circuit is another simple one . Base colour is green, so normally only operates with the ignition on and is fused. Green with red trace is LH indicator and Green with white trace is RH
As wiring has got more complicated there has been some deviation from this but the basics are fairly sound.

[macafee2]

Originally Posted by RoverP480

It can be traced back to the original British wire coding:-
The original basics are ;-
Black =Earth
Brown = permanent live unfused
Purple = Permanent live fused
White = ignition controlled unfused
Green = Ignition controlled Fused
Red = Side and tail lights
Blue = headlights
Trace colours were then added to differentiate various combinations , so Blue with white trace is Headlamp main beam, blue with a red trace is headlamp dip beam , and so on a so forth. Flasher circuit is another simple one . Base colour is green, so normally only operates with the ignition on and is fused. Green with red trace is LH indicator and Green with white trace is RH
As wiring has got more complicated there has been some deviation from this but the basics are fairly sound.

Interesting, I just thought each manufacturer made the colour code up for their own cars. Never knew there was in fact a preceding standard

macafee2