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  • 1983 CJ7 Hazard Lights Won’t Stop Flashing

    From Jeepers@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 12 12:18:02 2018
    I have a 1983 Jeep CJ 7, and I cant seem to find a switch or toggle to stop
    the hazard lights from blinking. The only way I can get them to stop is by pressing on the brake. As soon as I release my foot from the brake peddle, they start blinking again. I don’t know how to stop this.

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  • From Sam Stone@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 12 15:28:15 2018
    On the steering column.. there's a little button. Push = on / Pull = off

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  • From Lee Ayrton@21:1/5 to Jeepers on Thu Mar 22 13:38:26 2018
    On 3/12/2018 8:18 AM, Jeepers wrote:

    I have a 1983 Jeep CJ 7, and I cant seem to find a switch or toggle to stop the hazard lights from blinking. The only way I can get them to stop is by pressing on the brake. As soon as I release my foot from the brake peddle, they start blinking again. I don’t know how to stop this.


    The brake locking up the flashers is a feature, not a bug. It allows
    traffic behind you to know that you've applied the brakes.

    You flashers are controlled by a small button on the steering column,
    correct? The switch for that is part of the signal light switch, and is probably borked. It isn't *too* difficult to replace, but it does
    require pulling the steering wheel. The difficult part, as I recall, is threading the harness down the column tube (but it's been over a decade
    since I did that and may be misremembering).

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