Roland Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Car: 1.4K SS On the way into work this morning the indicators did not work. No light, no 'clicks' zilch. Just checked around under the facia/dash, no loose wires, all the 14 fuses look good (do not know which one is specific to indicators). Any suggestion please? Humm, just thought...hazzard light switch, could this be an issue? I hate electrics !!! Thanks in advance. Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 push the hazards on - do they work ? If so push them "off" with a good postive "push". Try the indicators - try again if this fails. Otherwise check the flasher "unit" take it out and push it in. This happend to my car, and the above usually fixes it. Greg, Q 880 RAE (Green/Ali XF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted March 25, 2002 Author Share Posted March 25, 2002 Great job, thanks Greg. I switched hazzard on then off, now they work, but..... The toggle switch seems poor contact. Mabe when I get home a squirt of liquid engineering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Russell Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Roland, " No Sir,they all do that........ " Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dartmoor7 Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 When the hazards work but indis don'tl, it's dirt in the hazard switch (or lack of use of HS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative z7 Posted March 25, 2002 Area Representative Share Posted March 25, 2002 ...or lack of use of HS Ah! So, Caterham thought it would suffice as it would get a lot of usewink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Elizabeth Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Once had a long "lecture" from James Whiting on why caterham switches have a tendancy to not work. They are designed to clean themselves by the wiping action of the contacts. And they are very robust, in that you can switch them on and off millions of times. But "in use" in the caterham they get used once in a blue moon, hence don't do what they are supposed to do, due to lack of use. So he suggested switching things on and off a few times every time you go out. Worked for me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative z7 Posted March 25, 2002 Area Representative Share Posted March 25, 2002 Oh I see! I'll remember to switch my switches regularly in that case. Cheersthumbsup.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S. Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Take the hazard switch apart, you'll probably find the contacts are are green! Clean them with some emery or similar, smear on some vaselene and reassemble. I did all the other switches while I was at it. The brake fluid test switch was also not working. I've had no trouble since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 This is a common problem on other cars as well. My Vauxhall Cavalier had this problem(twice) and a friends Peugeot has suffered a similar problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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