There’s a fault on my newly purchased 3 year old Toyota Aygo that I didn’t notice on the test drive.
It’s the indicators. They are so quiet I don’t hear them. If they haven’t auto turned off after turning left or right I often find myself driving miles with them winking. Of course I can see them on the controls but when looking at the road I don’t notice them.
I asked the car dealer about it & he contacted a Toyota dealer on my behalf but they said they don’t alter the ‘spec’
I don’t quite know how to deal with this other than training myself to look see if they’ve turned off every time I turn a bend.
Apparently they are extremely soft. Passengers tell me they can slightly hear them but I can’t hear them at all.
Maybe I need my ears testing but I never had this problem with any previous cars…
Yes, I believe that no indicators make a noise these days because they are all electronic, unlike the old ‘flasher can’ …And the noise is now added electronically. I’d be surprised if it can’t be adjusted as LongDriver suggests.
as regards to auto turn off indicators that is normally done by a small lever in the steering column behind the casing. The dealer should have been able to fix that very easily. as for sound that should have been no problem either if put on a diagnostic tester.
My impression is the dealer once sold your on your own attitude to fault.
If i were you I would go back and say you are getting an independant auto electrician and the dealer will have to pay. nothing like a scare tactic as “goods not fit for purpose” and going down the claims court
Carol, you could try a local auto electrician to see if they can fit an audible device, has your car got a full Toyota service history?, if so as long as you have it serviced every year at a Toyota dealer, the warranty gets renewed, for up to ten years or 100,000 miles. You may be able to get the fault with the self cancelling indicators looked at under warranty ,
I would think that if they don’t self cancel after use then the switch must be faulty, and if you’ve recently got the car maybe there is some sort of guarantee with it to get these problems fixed?
no it shouldn’t , it all depends if the steering indicator latch on the column is set correctly or hasn’t moved. One would have to remove steering column covers to check, best done on axle stands to turn the steering wheel without straining it
Your self cancel is working fine Carol, they don’t always cancel if the steering wheel doesn’t trip it, as is often the case on some bends. It sometimes self cancels too early on some junctions and roundabouts. On heavy goods vehicles they don’t have a self cancel and you have to get into the habit of turning off the indicator manually, it comes with practice.
