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Re: Turn signal/Hazard woes...(long)really long (archive)

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Posted by john on February 03, 2000 at 09:24:16:

In Reply to: Turn signal/Hazard woes...(long) posted by Alan on February 02, 2000 at 20:36:51:

I too have a 79 320i when I first got the car turn signals and hazards did not work! I did pretty much the same things as you have, but to no avail. Take the hazard button apart and amke sure that everything looks OK, check all of you connections especially grounds (I have regrounded everything in my car with very high quality cable and double grounded in some cases) clean all the connections, take the lights apart and check connections and where bulbs insert (mine were all bad causing stuff to not work), make sre that the turn signal switch connections are ok and be sure that it is still grounded to steering column. Hopefully this will track down the problem and also help to clear up any other ground related problems ie. wacky guages that you will definitly come across. Make sure to check all bulb connections front and rear. This is a start. John


: My turn signals don't work. Nor do my hazard lights....exactly. This is a really goofy electrical problem, but when the hazard lights are on, the passenger side turn signal lights are on constantly, and when the parking lights are on, the drivers side turn signal lights remain on. ??? I checked the fuses, rotated them, and everything. checked connections. changed bulbs. Not wanting to spend 15 bucks! on a flasher which I wasn't sure was going to work anyway, I went to the local u-pull and grabbed about 3 flashers. I also looked for hazard light switches, but there were none to be found in the 10+ 320's I checked. (this indicated that my problem might lie in this swtich) Anyhow, none of these things worked, and I'm just lost now. could it be the column switch? the light switch? Corroded sockets? Any help is much appreciated. TIA everyone!
: -alan
: 79 320i
: 74 02




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