Waiting for a part

n217970

Tell him to grow a pair and go get his car back.

LesleyMoll

They have looked on Ebay and Europarts and another website which is connected, apparently, to all the breakers in the UK, no-one seems to have this part

adonis

I would have thought it was possible to fit a temporary switch.

BeenThroughItAll

And the car is a?????


Drip... Drip...

AdrianC

It is possible for a faulty hazard switch to cause the indicators to stop working - I've had it before. On cars without multiplexed electronics, the wiring for the main indicators goes through the hazard switch, which effectively "turns off" the main indicator stalk. If that gets a bit dicky internally, it's entirely possible to find yourself without indicators.

On modern stuff with multiplexing (and we have no idea what this car is or how old), then the switch is really just a simple flag telling the computer to do something.

I find it hard to believe that a replacement used switch isn't simply and quickly available from a breaker, even if the manufacturer is on back order.

Spain - so a guess says Seat? If so, it's almost certainly a generic VAG part shared with other brands and models.

irc

The garage keeping the car for a faulty hazard light. No chance! If they can't give any ETA for the part talk to another garage about a temp switch. If this will work book the car in there and go and drive it there for repair before a new MOT.

It is legal to drive it to a place of repair after a failed test.

"
Taking your vehicle away for repairs

If your MOT has run out you can take your vehicle to:

• have the failed defects fixed"

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/retests

Aylesbury_Duck

He needs to ring around and see if he can find an independent garage who can fit the necessary switch and re-MOT the car faster than the current garage. Then he can drive it from the current garage to the new garage, all within the rules.

Otherwise, he can collect the car, wait for the garage to get the part in stock and drive it back there to have it fitted and the MOT done, but in the meantime he can't drive it without a valid MOT.

In the meantime, if he needs a car, his options are to borrow/hire one or buy a banger with a view to selling or scrapping it once his own car is ready.

davidwood681

irc wrote: »

The garage keeping the car for a faulty hazard light. No chance!

Get it back and use it until the part arrives. I got my car serviced at a main stealer and they tried to tell me it wasn't safe because there was a back brake binding on slightly.

I was aware that the back discs were corroded and lipped but the brakes still worked fine. I wasn't impressed when they couldn't tell me what actually needed done because that would have involved taking the wheel off. Two minutes work when it's on the ramp for a service already?

So I was quoted two prices - one for discs/pads and a second for the caliper as well.

I drove it away despite their advice and got then discs/pads done for far less elsewhere. The caliper was fine.

And they never tried to phone me during the day to advise of the required work. So the car was off the road for an additional day.

The main stealer service was a decent price £130ish but I got the idea they were using it as a loss leader to find pricey other work to do.

It doesn't have an MOT

System

Richard53 wrote: »

He can, as long as the previous MoT hasn't expired.


He must not drive an unroadworthy car, but I would argue that inoperative hazard lights do not make a car unroadworthy.

They do. They're a mandatory set of lights.

What about sourcing a used one from a breakers yard or Ebay?

LandyAndy

LesleyMoll wrote: »

They have looked on Ebay and Europarts and another website which is connected, apparently, to all the breakers in the UK, no-one seems to have this part

Tarambor wrote: »

They do. They're a mandatory set of lights.

What about sourcing a used one from a breakers yard or Ebay?

Ahem. ^^^^^