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4-way flashers - - my brief experience so far.
Posted by RayF (more from RayF) on Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:28:43
In Reply to: Re: Electrical gremlins - tail lights / dash lights, Ari
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, Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:00:01
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Just discovered the 4-way flashers are intermittent on the new-to-me 95 CS.
All my other lights work fine.
If I whap low down on passenger dash near relays, they start working again.
I did a search yesterday and found lots of references on here. One fellow sufferer said he'd cured it by adding a ground strap to the relay carrier on the side where the flasher relay is.
Also several posts reporting "bad solder joints" in the relay, and having miracle cures from reflowing said solder.
And one or two blaming the switch.
I find it kind of hard to think the switch would be bad. Have never seen a bad emergency flasher switch on any car I've ever owned or driven. And they don't get used very much at all so you can't blame arcing of contacts. These things have been around since 1967 or so, not new technology.
My "coming to life" happened definitely from a tap of the lower dash below airbag, and I doubt the vibration of it carried through to the switch, where my other hand was resting.
I had dubbed with the switch many times, pushed, banged, pushed slow, pushed quick, and not a sign of life.
Report here any updates on your situation please. I'll do the same.
May I observe, this is SAFETY EQUIPMENT, and as such should be bulletproof. Could there be a Saab service bulletin or even recall on this?
I got the most hits when I searched for "emergency flashers" I think it was.
The relays sit up above the fuses, by the way. The fuse door and a big section of felt panel come down. Then I looked at the fuses and I think two fasteners release the hole fuse panel and wire bundles to let you at the relay area. I didn't go far enough to scope out how that is held in place.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Electrical gremlins - tail lights / dash lights, andym, Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:54:42
- Just a fuse.........., andym, Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:39:21
- Just had something like this, Noel, Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:28:38
- Re: Electrical gremlins - tail lights / dash lights, jvanibm, Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:37:26
- Re: Electrical gremlins - tail lights / dash lights, Ari
, Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:00:01
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