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Posted on Aug 07, 2010

My emergency hazard flashers are giving me fits. When I press the buttong to turn them on they work fine, and when I press the button to turn them off they go off but the noise stay on. IT sounds like a blinker blinking but there is no lights on. It continues even when the hazard lights are off. When I turn the car off it goes away, but when I turn the car on the noise stays on clicking like a blinker sound, but the flashers are off. What could be wrong.

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There is a 4-way switch inside your steering column which controls the hazard lights the blinkers. If this switch is faulty your example is one thing that can happen. If the problem worsens you could lose all exterior lighting except the headlights. I had this happen to me one time.

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