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    hazard lights dont work

    my hazard lights dont work when i pull hazard switch what could be wrong

    #2
    Dead flasher if your lucky. It on the back of the fuse panel, "behind" the turn signal flasher. You can swap them.

    Alex.

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      #3
      yep. I just swapped out the hazard for the blinker because the blinkers in the 88 weren't working.
      Pete ::::>>> resident LED addict and CFI defector LED bulb replacements
      'LTD HPP' 85 Vic (my rusty baby) '06 Honda Reflex 250cc 'Baileys' 91 Vic (faded cream puff) ClifFord 'ODB' 88 P72 (SOLD) '77 LTDII (RIP)
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        #4
        put new flasher in and still no hazzards could it be the hazzard switch it self

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          #5
          Entirely possible. Do you have a known good multifunction switch you can try?
          2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!

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            #6
            silly question, but is it possible that
            A) your brake lights are staying on all the time
            B) you are only testing with the brakes applied?

            85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
            160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
            waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc

            06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)

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              #7
              This is a thought, though my assumption (!) has been that my one car where the hazards quit flashing with the brakes applied was suffering from a wiring problem.
              2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!

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                #8
                hazards should override the brakes, just like a turn signal overrides the brakes.
                Originally posted by gadget73
                There is nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
                91 Mercury CP, Lopo 302, AOD, 3.08LSD. 3g upgrade, Moog wagon coils up front, cc819s in the back. KYB GR-2 police shocks. Energy suspension control arm bushings. Smog deleted.
                93 F-150 XLT, 302, ZF 5-spd from 1-ton, 4wd.
                Daily--07 Civic Coupe. Bone stock with 25k miles
                Wife--14 Subaru Outback. 6-speed.
                95 Subaru Legacy Wagon--red--STOLEN 1/6/13

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                  #9
                  Brakes override hazzards.

                  Alex.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by GM_Guy View Post
                    Brakes override hazzards.

                    Alex.
                    No. They don't. At least not on my 91. The wiring in the steering column actually disconnects the rear bulbs from the brake light switch when the turn signal or hazard switch is engaged, that way, when you apply the brakes while a turn signal is on, the turn signal continues to flash when the brake lights are applied. The only thing that happens when you apply the brakes in my car when the hazards are on is that the third brake light comes on.
                    Originally posted by gadget73
                    There is nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
                    91 Mercury CP, Lopo 302, AOD, 3.08LSD. 3g upgrade, Moog wagon coils up front, cc819s in the back. KYB GR-2 police shocks. Energy suspension control arm bushings. Smog deleted.
                    93 F-150 XLT, 302, ZF 5-spd from 1-ton, 4wd.
                    Daily--07 Civic Coupe. Bone stock with 25k miles
                    Wife--14 Subaru Outback. 6-speed.
                    95 Subaru Legacy Wagon--red--STOLEN 1/6/13

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                      #11
                      Gotta be a ford thing then. How will somebody behind you know if you are on the brakes to slow down/stop (for cars before the HMSL came to be)--(or did they change the scheme when they went to a HMSL)? I'll have to try it out tommorow.

                      As for signals, whichever direction you select is isolated from the brake switch and is only acted upon by the flasher.

                      Alex.

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                        #12
                        The hazards and turn signals override the brake lights. Hazards on both sides, turn signals on the side you turn on. Turn on the left signal, it will blink, the right light will stay on when you hit the brake. It works that way in all cars and trucks.
                        89 CV LX 225/60 x 16 tires, CC819 rear springs, Front & rear sway bar, trans & PS cooler from 90 cop car. KYB shocks, F-150 on rear. Dual Exhaust w/ H pipe. Dark brown door panels, carpet, steering wheel, trim parts from a 87 Mer GM. Power front buckets from 96 Jeep Cherokee. LED'S front & rear. 3G Alt from a 97 Taurus wagon 3.0. Electric fan. Rear axle from a 97 PI 3.27 with disk brakes. Headlight relays.

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                          #13
                          might have been a mid-decade change with the 3rd brake light - the brakes stop the hazards from flashing in my 85.
                          Pete ::::>>> resident LED addict and CFI defector LED bulb replacements
                          'LTD HPP' 85 Vic (my rusty baby) '06 Honda Reflex 250cc 'Baileys' 91 Vic (faded cream puff) ClifFord 'ODB' 88 P72 (SOLD) '77 LTDII (RIP)
                          sigpic
                          85HPP's most noteworthy mods: CFI to SEFI conversion w/HO upperstuff headers & flowmasters P71 airbox Towncar seats LED dash light-show center console w/5 gauge package LED 3rd brake light 3G alternator mini starter washer/coolant bottle upgrade Towncar power trunk pull underhood fuse/relay box 16" HPP wheels - police swaybars w/poly rubbers - budget Alpine driven 10 speaker stereo

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                            #14
                            Crazy....I apologize for being so sure that what was true on my car applied to all cars. That's fucked up.
                            Originally posted by gadget73
                            There is nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
                            91 Mercury CP, Lopo 302, AOD, 3.08LSD. 3g upgrade, Moog wagon coils up front, cc819s in the back. KYB GR-2 police shocks. Energy suspension control arm bushings. Smog deleted.
                            93 F-150 XLT, 302, ZF 5-spd from 1-ton, 4wd.
                            Daily--07 Civic Coupe. Bone stock with 25k miles
                            Wife--14 Subaru Outback. 6-speed.
                            95 Subaru Legacy Wagon--red--STOLEN 1/6/13

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                              #15
                              No worries, I had the same feelings with my point. Tried it out last night. Wadda ya know.

                              Considering the GM is the only thing I own that has a HMSL, everything else is the typical combined stop/turn pair of lights, where brakes do override hazzards (brake feed bypasses the hazzard portion of the turn signal/hazzard switch). Otherwise, its a major safety oversight if people behind you don't know if you are hitting the brakes (driving with the hazzards on, wether accidently or for a reason).

                              Alex.

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