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Old 20-08-2012, 11:35 PM   #1
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Unhappy Something is wrong with my indicator

Sometime it flashed slowly, and getting slower and slower, then stopped flashing at all, and the green arrow on my dash stay on there.
Is it an easy problem to fix?
Anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance!

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Old 20-08-2012, 11:46 PM   #2
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Default Re: Something is wrong with my indicator

Check if you have any indicator lights not on. If indicator lights on more than likely flasher cube needs replacement. (located in fusebox)
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Old 21-08-2012, 05:56 AM   #3
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Indicator relay, as said above. Its a pretty cheap fix as well.
You can also just get in there and give it a clean, or a wiggle, sometimes it can make it work again for a while.
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Old 21-08-2012, 09:35 AM   #4
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step 1. locate flasher relay (see below diagram)
step 2. remove
step 3. whack it on the concrete/gutter/road about 5 times
step 4. replace
step 5. try, find it works, say 'why the hell did doing that fix it?'
step 6. from now on realise that that the tick-ah-tick-ah comes from the little cube relay in the fusebox and not behind the little green arrow on the cluster
step 7. do a burnout

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Old 21-08-2012, 07:24 PM   #5
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step 3. whack it on the concrete/gutter/road about 5 times
step 4. replace
step 5. try, find it works, say 'why the hell did doing that fix it?'
The above worked for me
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Old 21-08-2012, 07:54 PM   #6
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I'd change the relay.

Mr Hardware has got the good oil!

Quick and easy to do.

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Old 21-08-2012, 10:17 PM   #7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Hardware
step 1. locate flasher relay (see below diagram)
step 2. remove
step 3. whack it on the concrete/gutter/road about 5 times
step 4. replace
step 5. try, find it works, say 'why the hell did doing that fix it?'
step 6. from now on realise that that the tick-ah-tick-ah comes from the little cube relay in the fusebox and not behind the little green arrow on the cluster
step 7. do a burnout
So the flasher relay is the R5?
I will try your steps, hopefully it will work
Thanks mate.
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Old 21-08-2012, 10:39 PM   #8
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Yup r5 should be a black box with 3 pins
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Old 21-08-2012, 11:21 PM   #9
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remember, only do step 7 when indicator is safely working again.
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