malyso 0 Posted April 1, 2008 The near side front and side indicator has stopped working but the rear is fine. There is no power getting to the front ones at all (checked with multimeter) now i've probably disloged a wire or something whilst tidying the wiring loom up under the dash as they have been working fine. I can't find where its now not getting a supply from. When activated by the stalk the rear one flashes really fast but when the hazard switch is depressed it is at normal speed if this helps at all. Could it be a faulty relay or where to look next? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,000 Posted April 1, 2008 Are you sure it's not just a corroded connector or bad earth on that front corner? That's the usual cause of the front indicator not working but the back one working OK in my experience, and will typically show as no power on a multimeter if you're measuring across the two pins on the connector. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stu 18 Posted April 1, 2008 As above, i had the exact same problem but in the drivers side. I unbolted the stupid earth point multipoint connection thingy by the headlight, threw it in the bin, cut the earth plug off and soldered all the wires together into a ring terminal and bolted it directly to the chassis where the connector originally was. Also, for some reason, i had a pair of plugs that fed the indicators, no idea why, so they got binned and soldered up too! Its been fine ever since, foglights work all the time now too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malyso 0 Posted April 1, 2008 I did have a fiddle about with that earth block but nothing changed. I will disconnect it tonight and re earth it and see if that cures it. Whats baffleing me is it was fine on Saturday when i put all the lights back in and tested them then suddenly it isn't ...Although it may have got caught/moved when i put the air filter/maf box thingy back in which pushes down in there... Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 242 3 Cars Posted April 1, 2008 As above mentioned by Anthony & Stu, dodgy earth will usually knock the front & side repeater out but the back one works fine. Test with a seperate piece of wire from the back of the indicator comnnector directly to the battery earth point, if it works thats your fault so time to spruce up the earth points. Best way is to remove them & cut the terminals off the wires, replace them with suitabley sized ring terminals & then use the original earth plate mounting bolt to bolt them straight to the earth points on the front panel. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malyso 0 Posted April 1, 2008 As above mentioned by Anthony & Stu, dodgy earth will usually knock the front & side repeater out but the back one works fine. Test with a seperate piece of wire from the back of the indicator comnnector directly to the battery earth point, if it works thats your fault so time to spruce up the earth points. Best way is to remove them & cut the terminals off the wires, replace them with suitabley sized ring terminals & then use the original earth plate mounting bolt to bolt them straight to the earth points on the front panel. Graham. Thanks Graham Will have a bash later and let you know... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
