Flashing Indicator on 406

You probably need a new indicator stalk, the wiring under the seat for the airbag light, and, for definite, a new handbrake warning light switch.

Hiya claire, before you go spending any money try this first. i have exact same car/year /model. i had the same faults as you ie. the airbag & low brake fluid warning when all was ok. on my 406 i just split connectors under drivers seat and cleaned them with a rag, airbag fault went away.( you will prob loose time settings on dash but easy to re-set. for the brake fluid i just screwed off fluid cap and pet back on, the sensor or the lid was dirty and cable a slight twist. hope this helps.

The only permenant cure for the old 'wires under the seat' problem is to snip out the connector and solder the wires together. The low oil level warning's a common one on 406s, if it only happens when the handbrakes pulled on, it's the handbrake switch. (I started off doing what you suggest, and convinced myself it'd cured it for a week or so). A search of this group will turn up a good few reports of both these problems.

djimbo.

Hello...new to this forum and at the end of my tether!!!! Need some help on the old indicator problem. Wondered if anyone has had any joy on getting this sorted. 206 GTi My indicator is also indicating left by itself and is getting worse. To the point wher i cant go far. Its worse 1st thing in the morning. Took it in to peugeot and they say it didnt do it while it was there and if i wanted a new stclk i could come back (£100!!!). Im wondering if it need a new stalk or if its water in the electrics.

And to top it all off the alarm is going off by itself usually when it rains. The only way i can make sure it doesnt happen is to set the isolator switch on before i set it. Again peugeot could find no fault

Do i need a specialist or should i send it back to peugeot?

Thank

-- Carefulladydriver

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the old indicator problem. Wondered if anyone has had any joy on getting this sorted. 206 GTi My indicator is also indicating left by itself and is getting worse. To the point wher i cant go far. Its worse 1st thing in the morning. Took it in to peugeot and they say it didnt do it while it was there and if i wanted a new stclk i could come back (£100!!!). Im wondering if it need a new stalk or if its water in the electrics.

The only way i can make sure it doesnt happen is to set the isolator switch on before i set it. Again peugeot could find no fault.

Have you tryed a breakers yard?its worth a try, or www.find a part.co.uk they are very helpful. good luck

Hi I am the lady above with the same problem, funny enough mine was doing it for about 6 weeks and really bad in some parts but by some miracle and touch wood! it has stopped doing it, just like the airbag light that went off and never returned! Here is the answer on this forum that someone gave me to solve it but I have not had to do it yet. Hope that the kind gentleman doesnt mind me doing this but this was his response to the same problem " Eventually took the indicator switch itself off and here I found the problem. The indicator switch is just a changeover switch with a centre off position. The off resistance was less than 500Ohms, and this was causing the electronics to false trigger. I could move the switch around and get varying resistances, but never more than a few hundred ohms. For those non electrically minded people, it should be hundreds of MegaOhms, not hundreds of ohms, on an open circuit. I was tempted to take the switch apart, but a) it looks expensive and b) looked like there were a lot of pieces in it, as its the light controls as well. A quick blast through with some switch cleaner, and now the contacts measure open-circuit, and it's all been OK since. Phew! " Hope that this is help for you, I know its very fustrating .

Claire

"Fed Up Young Lady Driver" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

That sort of switch is apt to incorporate a lot of what are known as 'pingsodits' in another newsgroup. Well, that's not quite what they call them, but near enough....

Ron Robinson