Indicator noice on a 306

I am sure this is an easy question but anyway..

Sometimes when driving my N reg 306 there is a noise that sounds like the
indicator is on, but it doesnt not appear to be (I cant really stick my
head out the window and look, but the lights on the console don't light up)
so any idea whats wrong and how serious it is?

I am guessing that whatever controls the timing of the indicators is lose
and so sometimes it activates by itself, but the lights dont come on as
they need the indicator stalk to be in a certain position to work?

I look forward to your comments

Dave

 

I'm not sure about the 306, but on the 406 the noise is generated by a
seperate speaker. Therefore if this is the case in the 306, then it is
entirely possible for an electrical gremlin to trigger off the sound circuit
without triggering the acutal indicator

Luke

On conventional cars, the ticking noise is generated by the relay that
actually does the switching on and off of the indicator lights.

 

Luke Wells unleashed:

an interesting idea.. i will try to investigate.. thanks Luke

Dave

 

I just had a problem with the stalk itself - The internal contacts were
ground down and metal chips were all over the contacts, so they shortened
the switch! Cleaning and changing the contacts (signal lights <-> high/low
beam ) helped.

The sound is generated by the relay directly.

Tobi

 

I had exactly the same problem here. I think it is quite common.

Shaun

 

Yep, same here with my 1994 306 1.9 XLD. I get it very often. Can't be
bothered to fix it. Just waggle the imdicator or indicate quickly and it
stops.

Simon a

 

Yep, i had the same on my old 306 DT, a waggle usually fixed it.

S

 

Mine started to smoke so I thought that more than a waggle was called for.


Shaun

 

Not a big job, just take it off, open it and clean it.

Tobi

 

Same here
Happened to my Mom who drove at that time and she was kinda shocked...

Tobi

 

After air whittling and then hitching up their pants, Tobias Meyer
muttered into alt.autos.peugeot:

nice one.. thanks for all the help guys!