bulb issues

[Lemon]

hi , when i indicate left, it flashes very quickly

ok bulb is goign or will go soon

hwoever hwen i get out the car, i see my side insidicator working fine, my sidelight on the mian lamp workign fine, but obviosuly both still fast

i go to the bakc of the car and i have no indicator flashing just the rear night (red) flashing

ok so back indicator is gone.>

fair enough
sometiems it comes back up, and then it flashes both wiht the indicator and the night light flashes>>

however if i put on my hazards, every single indicator wokrs perfect on the car????

any ideas what is going on>>

 

[andy]

Could be a problem with the stalk or with the light unit itself. Have you tried just changing the bulb?

Andy

 

[stephen01]

check all contacts on the bulb holder its self and check the circuit board.

Marea, why settle for less

 

[Anonymous]

i felt pissed reading this!

check earthing and take out bulbs check for clean connections.

 

[Buzz]

me too!

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4
& now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8

 

[Buzz]

this is almost certainly connected to your radio post btw...

Try and keep your problems together, as post as much info as possible (make/model, age, mileage, sevice history, and all faults) as its clear they are related now that i've noticed both you posts describing different symptons but looking for different causes.

I think you'll find they are all symptoms of the same electrical fault...

HERE is the other post for anyone else who i'm confusing

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4
& now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8

 

[Lemon]

thanks for replying

sorry for the poor post above, was in a rush, and was eating so used my left hand lol

can i ask which bulb am i supposed to change?
is it accordign to the above post , the rear left indicator?

is this the main problem it seems>>

everything seems fine

i dont think it is the battery.

fyi bravo 2001 50000 miles

 

[Buzz]

Look, its all related, and i'm sure its just a bad earth. I've already tried to tell you that here

I appreciate you perhaps don't know what i'm talking about, in which case its a simple fix for a local garage. Just go in, tell them you think you have a bad earth, and that its affecting your indicators, and stereo. They'll sort it pretty quickly, and shouldn't charge much at all.

Other than that, all i can suggest is that you give your car the treatment that the dell tech support guy suggested to the customer who was trying to use his pc during a powercut.

Again, if English isn't your first language, i'll apologise and keep repeating myself. except louder

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4
& now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8

 

[Anonymous]

Buzz while i dont like to be on the sharp end or your whit, or shall we say your way of explaining things.

It is something to behold, you have a way with words i will give you that!

Cheers Scotty

 

[Anonymous]

apologies Buzz,

i presumed you were guessign (as abvoe) it was bad earth nothing definite.

as it with others its all guesswork, i was plannign to go the to the garage to eliminate msot issues.

sorry i did nto keep you updated.

can i ask on how you turn off the auto-dim feature?

also why is the left indicator causing a problem and not the right
and this has occured all of a sudden?

you might say you have answered this but it is a bizarre situation.

 

[Buzz]

lol Scotty, the later at night i post, the grumpier my posts get ;0

@ Lemon, no need to apologise to me. I'm just a grumpy old fart who cant sleep at night. Best of luck re-earthing the light cluster though. FYI, you'll need to sort this before an MOT, as your red tail lights are probably being affected and flashing when they shouldn't do

What model is your cd player? Each have different menu's so its hard to guess where you'll find the auto-dim setting. just faff around a bit and you might find it, or check the manual (i know thats not a blokey thing to do, but sometimes we have to)

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4
& now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8

 

[Lemon]

its the grundig , quite sure its the ad182h

just took of rear inside panel of the left rear cluster

all the wires are connecting to the white box and this seems the issue, when i press in the white box , the hazards work fine..its becoem slightly loose but im unsure of how to fix it.

tricky one

 

[Lemon]

any ideas;

 

[Kofu]

and now no one responds>>
i need a reply to this as its also a problem i have with the white connectors on the rear clusters.