Hazards won't go off!

[Barbie172]

My 172 received a slight frontal knock yesterday in the snow (thank god no damage!) but since then my hazard lights won't go off!

I abandoned the car outside Halfords (no way its getting up the hills where I live, traction is crap!) and the guys in there didn't have a clue what to do!

I've removed the fuse for the indicators/hazards so I don't have a flat battery when I can finally go pick her up.

Does anyone have an idea as to how I can turn them off? Pressing the button does nothing, and only when the button is held in, they are off

Please help!
~ Barbie172

 

[Fred@BTM]

new button needed, they're not cheap though

 

[Tom]

Pull the panel off and take the switch out to stop it.

 

[Jay Payne]

Switch about £15 from dealer iirc.


As Tom says unplug it for now

 

[Beef-Mc]

Keep your finger on the button, that'll sort it.

 

[Barbie172]

O that's crap! Does anyone know why it did it in the first place?
~ Barbie172

 

[Jay Payne]

It broke

 

[iimushroomzii]

I've got a switch you can have for £10 posted

 

[Sarah]

its prob just wear and tear.......mine never switched on till i replaced the switch

Common problem IIRC

 

[Barbie172]

I've got a switch you can have for £10 posted

I'll have it!

 

[Joshua.J]

I had where mine wouldnt switch on, took the switch out and wobbled it around..it makes a click noise and unjammed. Just mess around with it.

 

[Barbie172]

I've tried wobbling the switch around a bit yesterday in order to try to get it out, but didn't budge. Does the surrounding panel need to be removed first? If so, what's the easiest way to get it off? Can't really do much until the snow clears and I can get back down to the car. Got over a foot at the moment =[

 

[Gally]

You just pop off the triangle, it happened to mine.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Switch about £15 from dealer iirc.


As Tom says unplug it for now

over £40 last time i checked!

 

[m4rkie23]

dammit. ill take one if anyone else has a spare one. i brushed over mine the other day whilst cleaning. took 5 mins to turn it off.

JAB - tick tock - JAB - tick tock - JABHARDER - tick...FFS.

eventually it works.

 

[Barbie172]

They shouldn't make these things so sensitive! I thought maybe it was the slight front-end knock that caused the problem?

 

[m4rkie23]

Pull the panel off and take the switch out to stop it.

do you literally pull that panel out on its own? or is it connected to the panels around it?

 

[Gally]

Is there a fuse? Might be worth a look.

 

[m4rkie23]

thats a thought. altho that would be an MOT failure wouldnt it? do they check the hazards when they check the indicators?

 

[friar241]

I got pi**ed off with mine and put loctite on it to keep it shut, need to replace it now though.

2 days of hazards lights while driving gets annoying so out cam the loctite.

Asked Renault and they want 20 quid for the clip so going to the local breakers yard

 

[m4rkie23]

is it the same clip as the non sport models then i presume.

 

[friar241]

When i called he didnt ask me anything else after i asked for a hazard clip so i presume they are all the same, then again it is french so you never know

 

[Barbie172]

I pulled the fuse out, but means no indicators!

 

[Barbie172]

Is there a fuse? Might be worth a look.

I pulled my fuse out, but means I have no indicators =/

 

[Barbie172]

so how do I get the button out? will it come out with a bit of force down the side of the button to flip it out, or am I going to have to remove the surrounding panel?

 

[iimushroomzii]

Just get your fingernails behind the panel and pop the panel off, then push the switch out

 

[Barbie172]

Ok, I'll try that over the weekend when the snows cleared enough to be able to get down to the car! Thanks =]

 

[Gaz_]

Unplug it you goons! No need to remove fuses or what not. If you unplug it the indicators still work

 

[katg]

had the same prob last month, put the hazards on went to turn them off and the button wouldn't stay put, tried holding it in for a bit but needed to be able to change gear without the lights coming on so stopped, grabed the gaffa tape and taped it in, got home and pulled out the haynes manual to look at replacing it but found the driving with the tape got it back in, now i'm worried about needing to use them again and the same thing happening, it was the first time i've used the button since getting her!
Anyone know if it's wear or just a failed button, if its not wear then I might try a trip to the scrap yard to get a new one ready.

 

[AlexHealy]

If you haven't done it yet, get something like a flat headed screwdriver or a knife, and wedge it under the button and pull it out, the wires will pull out from the back when you put pressure on the sides.

Simple to replace then.

 

[fil_b]

the panel just comes off

if it helps take the radio out and it just clips out

 

[BRUN]

we do 5 or 6 a month of these, ~£20 inc vat, they used to be ~£40

 

[m4rkie23]

is the hazard switch of any mk2 clio the same as the one for the 172?

 

[James.f]

^ yes, the layout of the button and connection type are the same

 

[m4rkie23]

cheers!

 

[BRUN]

is the hazard switch of any mk2 clio the same as the one for the 172?

apart from the phase 1's yes

 

[Kneel]

we do 5 or 6 a month of these, ~£20 inc vat, they used to be ~£40

Is that for the part alone or part and fitting? When I replaced it in my 1.2 it was £15 for a new switch and about 2 minutes to change it.

 

[_WILL_]

Mine has started randomly going on and off? If i unplug the switch it makes no difference, still goes on and off at random?

Do you think a new switch will fix it or is it properly fucked?

 

[Sean6545]

Do a search on yours. Yours is most likely a wet alarm unit. ^^

 

[_WILL_]

Do a search on yours. Yours is most likely a wet alarm unit. ^^

That makes a lot more sense, ass it happened once before on a North Wales blast, was raining alot, and I was pushing on a fair bit...