car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

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car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

Postby yogfwv » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:32 pm

hi my gr fto has started to cut out when i indicate right or try to select reverse cant find any loose wiring . after it cuts out all dash lights wont come on butthe car will turn over no problem but never starts untill the dash lights are back on. i have a immobilizer which i have had looked at but nothing wrong whith it as far as i can tell .any help with this matter i would be very gratefull
cheers mark
problem sorted thanks for your advice it seems to have been a faulty immobilizer .
cheers mark 8)
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Re: car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

Postby colm_mcm » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:30 pm

Disconnect your rear light clusters and see what happens
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Re: car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

Postby yogfwv » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:07 pm

ok thanks will try it in the morning
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Re: car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

Postby Kace » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:10 pm

That's good advice for many cars actually. A single faulty or shorted bulb in a rear cluster can manifest itself in the strangest electrical faults that are very very difficult to diagnose.
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Re: car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

Postby chris1bev » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:28 pm

Hello All

Im so happy ive found this post as im experiencing the same problem although my engine is not cutting out and mine is dipping while indicating left, however the question i have is what the hell is a cluster, lol.......i keep hereing this and haven't a clue as to what this is?? please help as i need this car up and running in 2 weeks :(
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Re: car cuts out when idicater stalk is used turning right

Postby CJ » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:25 pm

chris1bev wrote:however the question i have is what the hell is a cluster, lol.......i keep hereing this and haven't a clue as to what this is??


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