Blinkers stopped working

03Wagn

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ct.
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2003 Jetta GLS Wagon
All of a sudden my blinkers and hazards stopped working. The fuse was blown so I repplaced it. It blew again so I replaced the hazard switch. Same thing. Any ideas?
 

KrashDH

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2002 Golf
All of a sudden my blinkers and hazards stopped working. The fuse was blown so I repplaced it. It blew again so I replaced the hazard switch. Same thing. Any ideas?
Short to ground somewhere? Time to start looking for chaffed/exposed wires making contact with metal or a poor connection somewhere in the circuit.
 

black_slug

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HI
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2004 Golf
Check the headlight wiring harness inside the hl housings. Very common failure point. The wire casings get brittle.and crack over time leaving the wires exposed.

Start with fuses first though. Having a multimeter can also help you narrow things down.
 

mjydrafter

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2004 Jetta Wagon
I would bet it's going to be the contacts inside the TSS stalk.


You can take it apart and clean them up.
 

wonneber

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2014 Jetta Sportwagon,2003 Jetta 261K Sold but not forgotten
I would bet it's going to be the contacts inside the TSS stalk.


You can take it apart and clean them up.
I would unplug the harness at the bottom of the column first.
If the fuse still blows you don't have to pull the steering wheel off.

If so then try a jumper from the car harness to the directional harness one wire at a time.
Trace the wire that pops the fuse.

If you have an amp meter use that instead of the jumper to see which one has the high power.
Report the color of the wire with high current.
 
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