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Indicator problem -when I indicate left the wheels fall off
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:00 pm
by anisotropy
okay thet don't but posts about indicators are boring and no-one reads them
I'd be quite pathetically grateful for any help with this.
Indicating left I get the fast ticking and no green light flashing on the binnacle and no indicators.
Indicating right was fine but as of yesterday I get fast ticking/flashing and the front indicator doesn't work. Green light in binnacle lights up fine.
hazards work except for this front light one.
All bulbs and fuses are tested and fine.
I have tried:
cleaning switch and checking connections on switch and relay.
New relay
joining pins 1 and 5 on the harness for the hazard light switch.
Looking for broken wires around the stereo, everything looks neat and undisturbed.
What next? the stalk? -any tests for it?
Re: Indicator problem
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:16 pm
by abelai
Do you have an alarm? If you do that could be effecting it.
Re: Indicator problem
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:03 pm
by anisotropy
nope
Re: Indicator problem
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:33 pm
by anisotropy
bump
Re: Indicator problem
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:39 pm
by Cyman
I had the same problem...
"Indicating left I get the fast ticking and no green light flashing on the binnacle and no indicators. "
I could get the left indicators working by pressing the stalk forward then indicating, but even that became intermittent after a while.
I fixed it by replacing the stalk. It's pretty straight forward...just take the wheel off, undo the steering cover, unplug 3 or 4 cables / plugs, and fit the new one. I picked up a set of indicator & wiper stalks (& loom) for £10 from the zone. It's a 15-20 min job tops.
Re: Indicator problem
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:58 pm
by anisotropy
I just got hold of a wiring diagram and connected between the pins for the green/yellow wire and the blue/red wire and guess what it worked so the stalk is at fault -thanks Cyman. The front right indicator must be a separate problem. If anyone has similar problem you can test the switch in the stalk by connecting blue/red to yellow/green for left and blue black to yellow/green for right. If indicators work then the stalk is the problem (i think, I'm not great at electrics)
Re: Indicator problem -when I indicate left the wheels fall
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:03 pm
by martauto
"Indicating right was fine but as of yesterday I get fast ticking/flashing and the front indicator doesn't work..
All bulbs and fuses are tested and fine."
I had the same prob mate, the bulb worked fine as well.
So after quite a while , I did change the bulb and no probs since then.
Mart.
Re: Indicator problem -when I indicate left the wheels fall
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:52 pm
by anisotropy
martauto wrote:"Indicating right was fine but as of yesterday I get fast ticking/flashing and the front indicator doesn't work..
All bulbs and fuses are tested and fine."
I had the same prob mate, the bulb worked fine as well.
So after quite a while , I did change the bulb and no probs since then.
Mart.
Same here, this was a completely seperate problem with the bulb carrier. sneaky car
