automatic turn signals

madLyrical · Post by **madLyrical** » April 5th, 2006, 11:49 pm

why does everytime i turn my wheel, whether im not moving, reversing or actually making a turn, my turn signals come on automatically.. im assuming its not supposed to do that because its quite annoying, my bad if its been posted, i gave the search a quick look over just so i could say i did

madLyrical · Post by **madLyrical** » April 6th, 2006, 10:43 pm

no ideas?

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » April 7th, 2006, 12:27 am

the only thing i can think of is u must really have huge hands

den · Post by **den** » April 7th, 2006, 12:44 am

This was asked many times including myself. Anyway, heres the trick..

Sit and put both of your feet on the floor then hold the steering wheel firmly and pull it towards you. Then test drive it if its not fixed, do it again with a little more powerful pull.

madLyrical · Post by **madLyrical** » April 7th, 2006, 9:43 pm

thanks den, good lookin out, im sure ill be back with plenty more questions that have been asked that i barely searched for

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » April 8th, 2006, 2:58 am

LOL, funny answer/fix. That might do it, but the REAL fix would be to take the column cover off and the horn out. Then mark the steering wheel and hte steering column with a thin point sharpie. Then take the big nut off the steering wheel. Take the wheel off and lube the blinker switch with a tad of lithium grease. Then reinstall the wheel making sure to line your marks back up. Install the horn and column shroud. Check to make sure it is working properly.
It is just a lack of grease on the switch and it gets caught as the wheel move past it.
I had that problem some years ago b/c of a temper tantrum where I punched the wheel. I actually bent the wheel and had to bend it back, but I doubt that is your problem. If so then the set yourself and pull is a decent answer.

den · Post by **den** » April 8th, 2006, 11:26 am

Pulling worked for us.

Patdiesel, you bent your steering wheel? Oh you must be really angry then? Poor MX3... That's car abuse! hehehe!

madLyrical · Post by **madLyrical** » April 8th, 2006, 12:56 pm

yea pulling worked for me too, gave it a nice tug right when i remembered at that red light

Grants · Post by **Grants** » April 8th, 2006, 6:46 pm

den wrote:This was asked many times including myself. Anyway, heres the trick..

Sit and put both of your feet on the floor then hold the steering wheel firmly and pull it towards you. Then test drive it if its not fixed, do it again with a little more powerful pull.

Thats gotta be one of the best fixes ever!

Not only is it cheap and easy, you also don't need any tools!

Well done den, these are the sort of fixes I like!

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » April 9th, 2006, 2:34 am

Yeah, I was pretty pissed off. I had just ruined my 3rd FX bumper (at about 500 bucks a pop) by running over a 3' cone that a SUV in front of me hit and flipped back at me.

I got out later and found that my bumper was hanging on like a 3rd graders front tooth. I then proceeded to throw the map at my then 3 month GF who thought she was in big trouble (on a road trip with a guy she barely knew and obvoiusly shouldn't be with since he is flipping out like a fruit loop). We laugh about it all the time now. (6 years later)
Oh, she also didn't tell her parents she was going with me to Florida b/c she knew they wouldn't approve. I didn't know she fooled them untill she was telling me later about who she was more scared of me or telling her parents she was in Florida and had lied to them and needed a ride home away from the fruit loop guy she had gone with.

Super funny and a good cause in book book for car abuse. (just so that I don't get booted from the forum for abusing an MX-3, that was truely the one and only time I have ever beaten my car)

Grants · Post by **Grants** » April 9th, 2006, 5:01 am

that was truely the one and only time I have ever beaten my car

I'd hope so.... poor thing... next time take it out on that SUV that deserved it

Jacbs2007 · Post by **Jacbs2007** » April 9th, 2006, 2:38 pm

Hoodzy wrote:the only thing i can think of is u must really have huge hands

lol

Great fix!, I've had the Auto-turn signal mod for quite some time now.

guess I'll have to get in the habit of hitting it myself now.