By Kent on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 01:25 pm: Edit

When driving through rough road or bad washboards the hazards start flashing. I can pull out every fuse relating to the hazards and nothing will shut it off. I can disconnect the battery the reconnect it and they are still on. Hazard switch will do nothing. If I shut off the car they stay on. Only when you restart the car will they go off. Is my vehicle screaming to go easy? Does anyone else have this problem or am I just lucky?

By Jim on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 01:28 pm: Edit

I have had this problem. All I did was push in the hazzard button turn off the truck and wait like 30 sec start the truck and then turn off the hazzard button. This worked for me not sure if it will work for you.

By Mike J. (Mudd) on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 02:06 pm: Edit

there is a previous thread on this, its some sort of emergency response. We all get it sometime if you try hard enough!

By Eric N (Grnrvr) on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 02:06 pm: Edit

I have had it happen to me as well. I pulled the fuse and the lights stopped but, I could still here a clicking noise from under the dash near the glove box. I had turned the truck off and pressed the reset button on the firewall and started the truck back up and the clicking went away. Put the fuse back in and all was fine. However I did get a couple of assorted comments from the Jeep crowd about. Pretty sure you can just turn the truck off and back on again and it should go away. There is a thread about this already as well that you could search for that has more info in it.

By hadaz on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 05:07 pm: Edit

Same problem on my 99 Disco Series I. Pulled the fuses etc and still you could hear the clicking coming from the passenger side of the vehicle even though no lights were going. Yeah I turned off the truck too and waited and the lights to go off but then continued driving down the road and the lights came back on. Brought it in for the45000 miles service and found out that the problem is within the alarm system. My understanding is that the alarm module broke away from its mounting point. That is why even though you pulled the fuses the system seemed to be still working. The dealer did the following:RENEW ALARM ECU AND A NEW CONTROL UNIT. I do not know the cost as it was covered under warranty.

By Al on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 06:48 pm: Edit

Relax. Having the hazards come on when driving quickly on rough roads is a feature built into the vehicle.

It's a throwback to Camel Trophy days - the vehicle knows it's in danger and instinctively switches the flashing lights on to warn other cars.

Either that, or your disco hates you and wants to let everyone know it's feelings! :P

By John Liebson on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 02:31 am: Edit

This can be caused by an overly sensitive alarm controller. To turn the lights off, you have to turn the key off, leaving it in the ignition switch, then back on---IF I remember the proper sequence.

Replacing the controller on my 1998 NAS Discovery fixed this particular problem.

By gp (Garrett) on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 03:36 am: Edit

Mine did not go off and I still hit the tree. Those flashers are worthless!!!!! I mean the least it could have done was warn the tree or at the very least me that a tree was dead ahead. Lets hope my '96 does not work the same way.

And yes......I to have had this happen numerous times on my '94 (RIP). Just turn it off and wait a little and you are on your way again flasher free.

By aparlin on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 03:55 am: Edit

Check previous posts/threads. This is not a *problem*. It is supposed to happen.

By Horness Spencer (Horness) on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 04:21 am: Edit

almost sounds like a microswitch problem on the hazard switch. vibrations causing it to stick on etc.

/Garrett
Trees are dangerous, cunning things. They stand perfectly still for hundreds of years, and then jump out in front of women drivers (and the odd off-roader too) without warning.

Horness

By gp (Garrett) on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 05:25 am: Edit

it was a sugar maple and they are known to be a little slower at uprooting from oncoming rovers. being in vermont at the time my odds on hitting anything else would have been low. i will take the comment of me being 'odd' as a compliment. my other choice 'woman' would be a little harsh. don't let karen hear you say that.

ps: karen.....watch out for maples!!