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Report: I found the problem 10min later. I tested all the fused much earlier, but without removing them. (mistake) I traced the line form the fuse box to the hazard switch, running my thumb nail over the wire to feel for a kink or break in the conductor. Nothing. Then I found that the wire going into the back of the fuse box caused the relay to respond if wiggled; buzzing, stopping and then working fine. It turned out that the previous owner, about 10 years ago, wound a single strand of copper wire around the fuse legs to mend a broken fuse. After all these years it had been working fine, untill now. It seems like there is just enough oxidation or gap to cause a bad connection that manifested as the voltage drop. Put in a new fuse: fixed. Re mount the fuse box, put all the wiring back in place, and taped up. Re assemble the whole dash and console.. What a big opperation for a small problem. Lesson: Check the fuses properly by removing them one at a time..

Hi All I stumbled onto this as the best answers on all of the web. So I propmtly joined. I'm from Cape town South Africa. Landy: 2003 Td5 Problem: indicators stopped working with only a buzzing coming from the flasher relay. So as per the thread info, I did the following tests. (Ignition off) Bridge purple to green-red and green-white = all good, indicator lights comes on Bridge purple to lightgreen and using the indicator stalk = indicators are flashing L and R respectively That means wiring to indicator lights is fine; Flasher relay is fine. Could be faulty Hazard switch.. Next test. (Ignition on) Bridge darkgreen (white green on td5) with lightgreen and using indicator stalk = buzzing L and RThat means the light switch supply has an issue. And implies that the hazard switch is fine. Next test (Ignition on) Multi tester voltage from earth (- on sigarette lighter) to darkgreen (white green on td5) reads 11.something V.. Multi tester voltage from earth to purple reads 12.something V Conclusion: The light switch supply (darkgreen (white green on td5)) has a voltage drop or bad connection. I'm sure 11V is enough to power the flasher relay and I can't see how that line could have a voltage drop. So, a bad connection is my guess. As per C18RCH's diagram this line runs straight to use box. Which I will check now. To the contributors (especially LandyManLuke) thanks for a helpful thread Thought my thought process could ad to the knowledge pool of likely problems and solutions for others And if my thought process is wrong, help would be appreciated And if my thought process is right, help would still be appreciated