l/h indicator working on its own

[panman]

went to cornwall last weekend pissed down all weekend on the way home
l/h indicator started to work on its own
canceled it straight away straight back on wiggled switch cured it for 10 minutes same problem all the way home
any ideas

 

[bowser]

I reckon its likely to be Bastard operator from hell trouble, a poor workman always blames his finely crafted machinery first !!! before looking at the operator error !!!

Nice to see you made it home from Belgium in one piece !!!

 

[motoscot]

sticking indicator

this happens when the L/H switch is sticking on
remove switch and spray with contact cleaner

hope this helps

steve onyack

 

[Engineer]

went to cornwall last weekend pissed down all weekend on the way home
l/h indicator started to work on its own
canceled it straight away straight back on wiggled switch cured it for 10 minutes same problem all the way home
any ideas

Take a look at my thread - has also been reported by others

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184662

Water in swtich when rubber boot on switch perishes. It is possible that WD40 causes the perishing??

 

[Narcoda]

this happened to me too, it got increasingly worse... took it into BM and they said the switch needed replacing at £116 including labour...i pushed for a good will out-of-warranty agreement and ended up paying £16!

Your whole switch will need replacing

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

You have schizophrenia. One of your personalities turns it on for a laugh, just to freak the other one out.

 

[panman]

new switch

well took it in for 18.000 service at clarks rednal
they looked at switch said well f*%$ed you will need another one
they spoke to bmw for me 1 new switch free even though its out of warrenty
just the cost of fitting the item which i think is a result as new switch now £135 + vat
excellent service from clarks as usual cannot fault them every time i use them