Hazard lights stuck on permanently

[unicronicus]

Hi,

Got a strange issue with the A3 1.8. The hazard lights came on randomly and now won't turn off! The lights are flashing faster than usual as well which is weird. I have disconnected the battery for now but does anyone have any ideas what could be wrong? If I pull the fuse for the hazards my indicators still work fine...

Cheers!

[wildbeeste]

In the olden days flashing faster usually meant an indicator bulb was blown on the side that flashed faster than normal
It sounds like the hazard lights have a separate "flasher" unit and that has failed - possibly because of water ingress - it is almost always water
Good luck as these units are always tucked away in places that the normal adult human hand will not fit

[unicronicus]

I thought the flasher unit for both hazards and indicators were in the hazard switch itself... But flashing rapidly aside, why would they come on by themselves in the first place?

[unicronicus]

Any more thoughts on this please?

[Crasher]

It is USUALLY the hazard switch but not always, sometimes the column switch. The hazard is easy to change so we always do that first.

[unicronicus]

Thanks for the reply, I'll try and clean out the switch first and see if that sorts it.