intermittent indicators gone mad

[jabz]

So Im in my B4 at the lights one morning turning right, right indicator is on. All of a sudden the indicator stops indicating, then it came back on all by itself after a minute. This has started to happen quite randomly and at the most inappropriate times i.e. when im bloody about to turn, I get horns, fingers etc... Starting to get dangerous.

As I said it happens randomly, affects all indicators, left, right and hazard. Everything else is fine. They will indicate then all of a sudden stop, and then come back on randomly, nothing I have tried works, i.e turning off the car and electrics and turning it back on. It's almost as if the indicators give up saying im on a break f*&^ off.. and then come back on..

What should I check?

[log1call]

Flasher unit. See if you can borrow one for a day.

[Guest Oscar]

 log1call said:

Flasher unit. See if you can borrow one for a day.

This.

[log1call]

Can't see that yet, but if it clicks in time with the indicators... Yes.

[Joker]

(cant see anything - no image attached at all)

[ReubenH]

You guy's need to lurk more.

By "this" he means "i agree with the above statement".

[jabz]

Thanks, where is the flasher unit on a B4? Is it a relay? So I guess will need to get one what do they cost?

[jabz]

Arrgh now they don't work 90% of the time, so I finding it difficult to locate where the unit is. I have the service manual and it also doesnt state where the flasher module is. Is it under the dash, is it reachable from the opening under the drivers side?

thanks

[Guest]

on the manual i have for the LHD legacy, its mounted to the top of the boot release. unsure if this is the same RHD

-smurff

[Guest]

correct

[jabz]

Hmm weird on the RHD its nowhere near there. Got a quote for $180 for module and $80 for labour.

I ordered the part from sub-a-roo spares $20 and 15minutes to install it. 1 minute to locate it (not counting above effort) 13 minutes getting the fscking screw out, and 1 min to attach the replacement. Pics for others reference.

Part

Location, Attached to steering wheel column