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• Re: Blinkers not working???
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 16:06:41 -0500
  ...I left a plug off the hazard switch, the one next to the switch light. Once I plug in everything worked fine. No ground...
• Re: Tail Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:54:39 -0700
  ...Mine aren't blinking on both sides with the hazard lights switched on. So. I have a problem some where. > On Mar 22, 2015...
• Re: Electrical Riddle (my dash...)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:07:53 -0400
  ...None of the other dash lights >> appear at all out of the ordinary. Turn signal indicator, high beam >> indicator, hazard switch indicator, gauges, etc...
• FW: 1991 Vanagon GL W/ 4 Large Round Headlights
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:28:52 -0500
  ...TheSamba.com Ad - 1991 Vanagon GL The lights I have are 4 Hella 500's and they are wired to a extra Defrost switch...
• Re: Backup light switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:09:27 -0500
  ...I'm going to hazard a guess that the switch had an aluminum body. Both the switches I've dismantled (one aluminum and one...
• Re: Strange electrical question.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:54:38 -0400
  ...means the light will glow even if the turn signal fuse is blown. As Dennis said -- everything goes through the hazard switch. It has...
• Instrument Illumination
  Historical mailing list - Mark Noya
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 16:40:45 PST
  ...I have no instrument lights. Where I do have light are with the cigarette lighter, and hazard switch. I did manage to pull of...
• Re: Electrical Riddle (my dash...)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:35:01 -0400
  ...None of the other dash lights >> appear at all out of the ordinary. Turn signal indicator, high beam >> indicator, hazard switch indicator, gauges, etc...
• Re: Electrical Question -Hazards/Parking Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 May 2002 13:43:58 -0400
  ...But if I >turn on the hazards while the engine is off, the radio comes back on. > >Anybody else experience this? >Is this just...
• Re: Weird lighting issue
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:13:37 -0800
  ...Turn signal not working one side could also be the hazard light switch. Work it a few times. It is not unusual for wires...
• Re: Vanagon gl Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 09:17:34 -0700
  ...When I flip the switch the parking lights come > on. My break lights work and so do my turning signals > and hazards. Also when...
• slight glow from oil press. light
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:04:38 EST
  ...And finally the Hazard switch glows dimly a few moments after the headlights are turned on. Meaning it doesn't light up right away...
• Re: Blinkers not working???
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:52:13 -0800
  ...I left a plug off the hazard > switch, the one next to the switch light. Once I plug in everything > worked fine. No ground...
• Weird lighting issue
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:43:30 -0500
  ...Neither of the rear side marker lights come on. The turn signals do not work. With the hazard switch on, both the front and...
• OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - tunajuice
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:59:23 -0700
  ...None of the other dash lights >> appear at all out of the ordinary. Turn signal indicator, high beam >> indicator, hazard switch indicator, gauges, etc...
• Re: Fog Light Switch Kits are Back!!
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:38:47 -0500
  ...Fog Light Switch Kits are Back!! > As promised, I have obtained a new shipment of genuine Vanagon fog light > switch kits from Volkswagen/Germany...
• Driving lights on a 1991 GL (suggestions)
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:56:32 -0700
  ...Where is the on/off switch located in your Vanagon? I have a free button/switch cut out below my hazards. I'd love...
• Re: Want an Easy Rear Light Upgrade? Bulbs Available.
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:53:29 -0400
  Hey Dennis, You made some good points I'd like to comment on: > The tail light sockets will melt. > The headlight switch will fail...
• Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing???
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:02:20 -0600
  ...The only other thing that I just noticed was > that > with the ignition off and the hazard light switch on, the hazard > lights > work...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Richardson
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:46:55 -0500
  ...As a new owner of a 91' multivan, I pulled the dashboard hood off to fix a rocker switch (the hazard switch) which seems...
• Re: foglight switch kits are back!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:02:28 -0800
  ...These are not driving lights, but low beam lights that you can keep on all the time. They are automatically switched off when the...
• Re: Electrical Riddle (my dash...)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:50:25 -0400
  ...None of the other dash lights >>> appear at all out of the ordinary. Turn signal indicator, high beam >>> indicator, hazard switch indicator, gauges, etc...
• Re: Now my van won't start...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:00:19 -0800
  Radio and hazard lights don't take as much power as headlights. Do your headlights work? If they do, but are dim, it's...
• Re: Blinkers not working???
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 10:13:52 -0600
  ...I left a plug off the hazard >> switch, the one next to the switch light. Once I plug in everything >> worked fine. No ground...
• Re: Driving lights on a 1991 GL (suggestions)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:39:25 EDT
  ...I would use the factory optional fog light switch. Matches your existing switches and mounts in the plugged square hole blow the hazard switch...
• lighted rocker switches/which side of the road?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:46:16 PDT
  ...uses a stock VW hazard-flasher rockerswitch, mounted in the >top-right slot. It's useful because the light warns you that the >drivinglights...
• Vanagon gl Headlights
  Historical mailing list - william ferris
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 09:10:32 -0700
  ...When I flip the switch the parking lights come on. My break lights work and so do my turning signals and hazards. Also when...
• Re: Directionals work, flashers don't, 1991 Subie Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:37:44 +0000
  OK, get Bold!  Buy a spray can of Electrical Contact Cleaner (it's mostly Freon).  Take apart Instrument Cluster, remove Hazard Switch, take to...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 07:16:35 -0400
  ...lights which illuminate the >> speedometer and tachometer from the top of the dash-board - all other >> dash lights work including the "bright headlight switch...
• Re: # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:54:19 -0400
  ...But in that situation I would fix >the wiring to ensure that the relay doesn't have a hot signal without the >hazard switch...
• Update Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing? (still not working)
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 14:28:42 -0600
  ...The only other thing that I just noticed was > that > with the ignition off and the hazard light switch on, the hazard > lights > work...
• Re: Help! BA-6 quit!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:50:34 -0800
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>JJ-</P> <P>The safety switch is a fire hazard? Could you explain how?</P> <P>&nbsp...
• The turn signals are fixed!!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:34:18 +0200
  ...on the hazard switch > there is a modular plug that you plug in and I'm sure you did. well there is > 2 wires...
• Re: double thermostats
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:51:29 -0700
  ...I used a VW switch (think it was for fog lights) in the empty slot right below the hazard switch to have an override...
• Re: slight glow from oil press. light
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:06:07 -0800
  ...And finally the Hazard switch > glows dimly a few moments > after the headlights are turned on. Meaning it > doesn't light up right away...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2008 09:58:23 -0700
  ...the SA Vanagon, like the > two LED warning lights mounted below the hazard light switch and the multi > punned socket on the steering column...
• Re: Solved; OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:37:23 -0700
  ...The point of either of the switch based warning system is to immediately alert the driver with a red light in his face. A...
• Simple questions?
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 20:16:41 -0800
  ...also a red blinking light on the dash under the emergency hazard light switch. There is also a toggle switch located on the driver...
• Re: slight glow from oil press. light
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:35:59 -0700
  ...And finally the Hazard switch > > glows dimly a few moments > > after the headlights are turned on. Meaning it > > doesn't light up right away...
• Re: Turn Signals
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:10:08 -0800
  Did you replace the hazard switch? This is what makes the signal lights go 'blink'. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon...
• Re: Part Friday -- Headlight Switch Hazard
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 28 Apr 2017 22:38:51 -0400
  ...Naturally, nobody wants to discuss what was on the light switches of beetles... Marc On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Jim...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:45:57 -0700
  The problem was no running lights and no dash lights, so something is wrong with both the switch and rheostat. It got me back...
• Re: # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:09:38 -0400
  ...But in that situation I would fix the wiring to ensure that the relay doesn't have a hot signal without the hazard switch...
• Re: Vanagon gl Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 06:01:29 -0700
  ...When I flip the switch the parking lights come > on. My break lights work and so do my turning signals > and hazards. Also when...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:14:39 -0500
  ...Then it went on "Steady" and the turn signal >lights wouldn't flash. Also, the hazard switch didn't cause the lights >to flash...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:25:36 -0400
  ...of atomized gasoline is an explosion/fire hazard. parenthetically, this is why it is dangerous switching lights on or off in a room where...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 4 May 2008 20:15:17 -0700
  > Interesting to notice some of the differences in the SA Vanagon, like the > two LED warning lights mounted below the hazard light switch Yeah...
• Re: Turn signal system failure
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:36:33 -0400
  ...I have disconnected/isolated both rear light panels, no effect, disconnected the Emergency Flasher Switch, no effect, disconnected the stalk switch connectors, no effect...
• Anyone have a wiring diagram for European sirens?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:46:51 -0700
  ...I don't have the wiring diagram and I know the harness connects to a 2nd 'hazard' switch to make them function. Any suggestions...
• Re: Blinkers not working???
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:26:16 -0800
  ...The strange thing to me > the hazards work fine. The green light blinks on and off. > > Pulling the dash I really only unplugged a...
• Re: Strange Ignition Problem
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:11:23 -0400
  ...My first assumption was the electrical portion of the ignition switch was bad. So I reconnected the battery, warning lights back on, and pull...
• Switched power for vanagon radio
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:44:53 -0500
  Hi Jay, I have an 84 in which I took switched power from the hazard lights switch. Check your Bentley wiring diagrams to see...
• Re: Blinkers not working???
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 15:11:07 -0500
  ...The strange thing to me the hazards work fine. The green light blinks on and off. Pulling the dash I really only unplugged a...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 01:44:23 -0400
  ...Yrs, d > > The story: > I am (unsuccessfully) chasing two problems: > Hazard lights not working and Reverse lights not working ... > > I found a Red/Blue...
• Re: Hazards not working properly 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 4 Oct 2012 16:44:18 -0700
  ...The AUX was shot as I had a drain in the system that drained the battery, So I must have added the hazard lights...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues/1991 Resolved
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 May 2001 13:35:05 -0700
  ...brake lights >03. 15 amp ....................... interior lights, makeup mirror, >clock, cig lighter, radio >04. 15 amp ....................... hazard flasher >05. vacant >06. vacant >07. 10...
• Re: what causes low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 03:34:35 -0500
  ...is it possible to >install a sender for one in place of switch that drives the light? i >have also been thinking of switching...
• What a day...
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:38:37 -0400
  ...the rear heater switch, hazard switch, climate control sliders, dash light bulbs, map pockets, dome lights and glove box light. Then I see a...
• Rustoleum for Muffler Brackets: Will it take the heat?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:58:37 -0700
  ...In part, I figured the paint might be too porous hence my switch to regular Rustoleum. (it's sticky stuff!) There was no warning...
• FS: Grille, Hubcaps & various trim pieces
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wetzel
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:10:31 -0800
  ...mirror. - $20 1 - hazard light switch (original didn't work, bought 2 before I figured out problem wasn't switch. Selling one of these...