Indicator light in dash staying on

Post by **colouredFunk** » 21 May 2008, 21:39

hi all.

I've got some indicator wiring woes...

As soon as I turn on the ignition my indicator light comes on (with 9 volts running through to the bulb) When I turn on the indicator the bulbs turns off and on fine... (when it comes one 12volts run through the bulb)

I've replace the flasher relay from one from halfords.

Checked the earthing.

looking at this diagram
http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/f ... iagram.jpg

There is 12v coming into pin 49 and 9 volts coming out of pin 49a as soon as I turn the ignition on.

I'm completly lost on what could be doing this... can anyone shed any light??

Everything else seems to be OK...
Cheers

Post by **clartsonly** » 22 May 2008, 07:46

what earthing have you checked? behind the fuse box?

did you change anything to cause this?

Post by **Ye Olde Syncrospares** » 22 May 2008, 08:04

replace flasher unit with genuine vw flasher,replace hazard switch there sometimes to blame for weird green light stuff,cj.

Post by **ermie571** » 22 May 2008, 10:04

SYNCROSPARES UK wrote:replace flasher unit with genuine vw flasher,replace hazard switch there sometimes to blame for weird green light stuff,cj.

Can agree with this....hazards and idicators doing wierd stuff - changed hazard switch as advised....alls well with the world again.

Em
x

Post by **colouredFunk** » 22 May 2008, 11:56

Cheers guys n gals, I'll try this tonight

Post by **colouredFunk** » 27 May 2008, 08:27

hmm that didn't seem to make a difference. The light didn't even turn off when I unplugged the hazzard switch....??

Doesn't it have to be relay related; if there is current coming out of it even when the switch isn't on?

Post by **mirams** » 27 May 2008, 15:24

When this sort of problem happened on my old van it was corroded earth points behind the fuse-box. Have you checked all of the dash earth points?

The indicator one will be fine because it is lighting up - but another could be corroded forcing current down the easiest path (probably via the indicator light).