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clive41

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2 posts

259 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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after months of searching i've got my chimera, however after taking it out for a good run today, the left hand indicator has remained on. not flashing just glowing. any ideas apart from removing the bulbs?

299 posts

264 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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flasher relay???? I think this is down by the batery or under the dash, havent got the bible to hand but Im sure some one will tell us.


well done on the car... enjoy it

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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Year of the car might help, along with a little more explanation. Is the bulb glowing with the ignition off? - if so you have a serious problem. Mine has a single flasher relay, so if other side is ok this is not the problem. If the problem is only with ignition on (or you have an aftermarket fan run on kit) the indicators are known to glow when there is a bad earth to the front of the chassis (under the radiator) - this should only show up if cooling fans, heater fan or headlights (which share the earth) are operated.

HTH, Dave

Ribol

11,993 posts

287 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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clive41 said:
after months of searching i've got my chimera, however after taking it out for a good run today, the left hand indicator has remained on. not flashing just glowing. any ideas apart from removing the bulbs?
If the indicator stays on only on one side it would suggest an alarm unit fault. The easiest way to check is by unplugging the alarm but unfortunately it is mounted under dash top.

clive41

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2 posts

259 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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The chimera is a 1995, the front, side and rear indicator light remained on even after the ignition was off. looked at some of the fuses and relays, removing them one by one, but the lights stayed on. When i went back out 1/2 hour later they had gone out, i started the car and put the indicators on, switched off and all was ok. There are a couple of lights on the centre consol behind the handbrake, one is green and one is red, these come on and off a different times during driving, i don't know if they are something to do with the alarm.

Ribol

11,993 posts

287 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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clive41 said:
There are a couple of lights on the centre consol behind the handbrake, one is green and one is red, these come on and off a different times during driving, i don't know if they are something to do with the alarm.

Probably microwave sensor LEDs?

steve.wall

2 posts

269 months

Sunday 20th February 2005
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The green and red LED's are for the ice detector