After 10 mins. of pulling at bits of plastic, I finally located the> fuesbox and relay panel..... thought I'd have an easy fix.>

Pulled all the relays one by one, none of which affected the indicators.>

Once home (48 miles with no indicators is _interesting_).....­. did a> quick websearch to find the relay is part of the hazzards switch, ffs!>

I'd love to know the explanation for that.>

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"SteveH" <steve@italiancar.c­o.uk> wrote in message> news:1gux4jw.qiogf8­vyjm5lN%steve@italia­ncar.co.uk...> > Got in the Passat tonight to find the indicators had stopped working.> >

I had exactly the same problem with my indicators on a 51 reg Passat. The> whole hazard switch unit was replaced and the indicators started working> again, albeit a little faster. Seems to be a common problem?

After 10 mins. of pulling at bits of plastic, I finally located the> fuesbox and relay panel..... thought I'd have an easy fix.

Pulled all the relays one by one, none of which affected the indicators.

Once home (48 miles with no indicators is _interesting_).....­. did a> quick websearch to find the relay is part of the hazzards switch, ffs!

I'd love to know the explanation for that.

I just unplugged it and plugged it back in and all seems fine.>

Suppose I should get myself a spare just in case.>

It is a known issue, which is why it only took me 2 mins on Google to> find the answer.>

Unreliable german crap. Sir needs a nice Alfa for the commute ­

In article <1gux4jw.qiogf8vyjm­5lN%steve@italiancar­.co.uk>,> SteveH <steve@italiancar.c­o.uk> wrote:> > Got in the Passat tonight to find the indicators had stopped working.>

Indicators don't usually have any relays in the chain. There's the flasher> unit. And possibly the hazard warning switch - which are likely to be the> cause of problems.

Unreliable german crap. Sir needs a nice Alfa for the commute ­

"SteveH" <steve@italiancar.c­o.uk> wrote in message> news:1gux4jw.qiogf8­vyjm5lN%steve@italia­ncar.co.uk...> > Got in the Passat tonight to find the indicators had stopped working.> ...> > I'd love to know the explanation for that.>

D'you think it has ideas of being a BMW? ;o)

After 10 mins. of pulling at bits of plastic, I finally located the> fuesbox and relay panel..... thought I'd have an easy fix.>

Pulled all the relays one by one, none of which affected the indicators.>

Once home (48 miles with no indicators is _interesting_).....­. did a> quick websearch to find the relay is part of the hazzards switch, ffs!>

I'd love to know the explanation for that.>

On my Toyota, if you disconnect the hazard lights switch (which you have

do to remove the front of the dash - which you have to do to replace the> stereo) then the indicators don't work.

Flasher unit is what I meant - it is, after all, just a form of relay in> my understanding.>

Anyway, just removing and replacing solved the issue.>

It was the same on my last Vauxhall Corsa... and the hazard lights switch> on those and other Vauxhalls of that era have a tendency to burn out in> later years.

It was the same on my last Vauxhall Corsa... and the hazard lights switch on> those and other Vauxhalls of that era have a tendency to burn out in later> years.

those and other Vauxhalls of that era have a tendency to burn out in later> years.

Once home (48 miles with no indicators is _interesting_).....­. did a>quick websearch to find the relay is part of the hazzards switch, ffs!

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:29:55 +0100, steve@italiancar.co­.uk (SteveH)> wrote:>

Is that kinda info available on the web just for your car make?> or, is it available for other makes?> If the later, I'd sure like to hear how you found that info?> Puleeese.

On my Toyota, if you disconnect the hazard lights switch (which you have to > do to remove the front of the dash - which you have to do to replace the > stereo) then the indicators don't work.

Once home (48 miles with no indicators is _interesting_).....­. did a> quick websearch to find the relay is part of the hazzards switch, ffs!

In article <425c4c05$1_1@mk-nn­tp-2.news.uk.tiscali­.com>,> Johnny <n@spam.com> wrote:>> On my Toyota, if you disconnect the hazard lights switch (which you have to >> do to remove the front of the dash - which you have to do to replace the >> stereo) then the indicators don't work. >

If you give it some thought, a hazard switch is quite a complicated> mechanism.>

It has to disconnect the flashers from their 'normal' circuit - as it has> to operate with the ignition off. If it didn't do this it would switch the> ignition circuit on...>

It has to link the normally separate left and right together, and also> switch in a heavy duty flasher unit to cope with the extra load of four,> rather than two, bulbs.>

Like I said, a complicated switch. ­

Are you sure about the heavy duty flasher unit? I built a kit-car which> used a lot of Sierra parts and both the Sierra and hence the kit-car use> a single flasher unit for both indicators and hazards. It also actually> copes with six lamps (inc. trailer) + 2 side repeaters.