Indicator stuck on always on

mr.tourette said:
First things first..Is your battery ok?

Actually, when this issue drained my battery and I recharged it. It took days for the triggle charger to get the battery to show charged. Could be that the battery is not working well?
 
BlastDK said:
mr.tourette said:
First things first..Is your battery ok?

Actually, when this issue drained my battery and I recharged it. It took days for the triggle charger to get the battery to show charged. Could be that the battery is not working well?

Its possible these cars are extremely sensitive to weak batteries and can throw up a myriad of faults if they're past their best.. do you have date stamp on the terminals and have you checked it on a multimeter after a charge. Not saying this is your issue but its always the first place to start if you have more than one electrical gremlin
 
I dont have a multimeter, I will check for date stamps. Its an original bmw battery so it could be quite old i guess
 
mr.tourette said:
BlastDK said:
mr.tourette said:
First things first..Is your battery ok?

Actually, when this issue drained my battery and I recharged it. It took days for the triggle charger to get the battery to show charged. Could be that the battery is not working well?

Its possible these cars are extremely sensitive to weak batteries and can throw up a myriad of faults if they're past their best.. do you have date stamp on the terminals and have you checked it on a multimeter after a charge. Not saying this is your issue but its always the first place to start if you have more than one electrical gremlin
As Mr T said, I would suspect the battery. My 2007 car was still on its original battery when the car seemed to become posessed last June - headlights coming on in the middle of the night was the most spooky. I changed it for a new one from Halfords (Yuasa YBX5110, £132 inc. fitting) and it solved all the electrical gremlins. Sometimes the battery will have a small, round window in it which, depending on the colour showing, will tell you if your battery needs changing.
 
I have the same issue with the front left indicator staying on constant and indicators flashing fast. Replaced the front side light bulbs as they were blackened. Swapped the bulbs from left to right but didn’t solve the problem.
In order to avoid a drained battery switch on/off the ignition with lights off causing the indicator to switch off.
 
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