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Offline drivebycar

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Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« on: 09 August 2011, 15:31 »
The car is still making the click click noise as if they were on. The noise is coming from the fusebox.

I'm not very good with electrics so no idea whats going on!
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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #1 on: 09 August 2011, 15:43 »
Car??  :huh:

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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #2 on: 09 August 2011, 18:04 »
Hahaha effort!

It's a 1990 mk2 gti 8v.

Whoops!  :grin:
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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #3 on: 09 August 2011, 18:14 »
A clicking relay isn't always a working relay ;)

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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #4 on: 09 August 2011, 20:59 »
Faulty relay or switch  :smiley:

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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #5 on: 09 August 2011, 21:36 »
How would one proceed in identifying whether it is a switch or a relay?
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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #6 on: 10 August 2011, 06:14 »
Swap them one by one with a mate's car. If it works with a different swaitch or relay from another car, you've found your fault

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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #7 on: 10 August 2011, 06:53 »
And if you don't have a friend with a mk2?
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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #8 on: 10 August 2011, 13:13 »
then buy the cheapest part first or dive in with a multimeter and check the circuit step by step
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Re: Hazards not working.. MOT impending!
« Reply #9 on: 10 August 2011, 20:47 »
Personally I'd say if the relay is clicking then the switch is OK. Is there no other relays in a mk2 fusebox with the same number on them that you can swap over? I may have a spare hazard light switch for a pre 90 spec mk2 somewhere that I could stick in an envelope for you but I'l be buggered if I know where it is