New owner and some contributions
Discussion
Hi everyone,
I am a proud owner of a Monaro VXR 6.0. I have had it for a couple of months now and have finally decided to register on the forum.
On the day I bought the car it succumbed to the dreaded sticking hazard light on the left hand side, literally as we were ready to leave for home. Luckily it was figured out that pulling the hazard relay would work as a temporary fix leaving the indicator functions intact.
On arriving home a bit of research found that this is an incredibly common fault caused by what is probably an under-specced relay in the body control module.
Here is a handy PDF that underlines how to repair the fault http://homepages.xnet.co.nz/~dolsen/VZ_bcm_indicat...
The relay is a single pole / single throw with two separate N/O contacts which get bridged upon closing. The problem is that it seems to be quite difficult to get a hold of this particular relay without paying over the odds or waiting for too long for shipping from australia or the states (and/or having an insane minimum order quantity)
After perusing the wiring diagram for the BCM it turns out that it should be fairly straight forward to bodge in another relay that can handle the current of all 6 bulbs. The relay blinking the hazards is different to the one doing the indicators (interestingly, if you look at the diagram, it seems that there is some redundancy built in so if the hazard relay fails open you can still use the hazards by turning on the left hand indicator)
When I get around to it I'll get the BCM out and document the process in case it is of any use to anyone
I am a proud owner of a Monaro VXR 6.0. I have had it for a couple of months now and have finally decided to register on the forum.
On the day I bought the car it succumbed to the dreaded sticking hazard light on the left hand side, literally as we were ready to leave for home. Luckily it was figured out that pulling the hazard relay would work as a temporary fix leaving the indicator functions intact.
On arriving home a bit of research found that this is an incredibly common fault caused by what is probably an under-specced relay in the body control module.
Here is a handy PDF that underlines how to repair the fault http://homepages.xnet.co.nz/~dolsen/VZ_bcm_indicat...
The relay is a single pole / single throw with two separate N/O contacts which get bridged upon closing. The problem is that it seems to be quite difficult to get a hold of this particular relay without paying over the odds or waiting for too long for shipping from australia or the states (and/or having an insane minimum order quantity)
After perusing the wiring diagram for the BCM it turns out that it should be fairly straight forward to bodge in another relay that can handle the current of all 6 bulbs. The relay blinking the hazards is different to the one doing the indicators (interestingly, if you look at the diagram, it seems that there is some redundancy built in so if the hazard relay fails open you can still use the hazards by turning on the left hand indicator)
When I get around to it I'll get the BCM out and document the process in case it is of any use to anyone
j666eds said:
Farnell,
I would give you the exact link but i closed it and am about to get busted by my boss for not doing work
Interesting, I can't seem to find anything on Farnell by searching for these part numbers which are supposed equivalents (in whole or just sections):I would give you the exact link but i closed it and am about to get busted by my boss for not doing work
Tyco Electronics V23072C1061A408
Picker PC517-1U-12S
Song Chuan 861-2A-C-U01-12VDC
American Zettler AZ976-1U-12DET
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