Electrics mixed up...

Most likely a faulty earth connection.

Biggles

Bad earth on the rear light clusters.

Earth faults very rarely get bad enough to stop indicators working. I'd guess somebody has put the stop/tail light in wrong or it's a faulty bulb.

John

Oh they do get that bad especially when both rear clusters share a common ground wire.

Oh yes, been there done that, lots of times.

Dave

If all the lights share a common ground as is usual, removing that ground makes them end up effectively in series - so the flashers will make other lamps light as well, but at lower brightness. Similarly the brake lights, etc.

It should not have passed an MoT in that condition.

Most likely explanation is that someone has put a single pole bulb in a dual pole holder.

mrcheerful

What, the indicators stop flashing altogether? I've never seen that before. Other lights flashing as well but that's not what I or the OP said.

John

Nobody said it did.

Unlikely to affect the indicators.

Its an earth fault on the back lights

Normally Fords are very prone to this problem

yes, the op said: "Not that its relevant but the car was MoT'd just a few days ago."

mrcheerful

On 28-Aug-04 10:27:24, Conor said

Many thanks for the helpful posts, chaps.

By fiddling around with the passenger side, rear light cluster, I seem to have cured the problem (for now at least).

Unfortunately, my front fog lights don't seem to work at all. Any idea if this would be related, or might it be a blown fuse?

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