Hazard lights button malfunction

[renat2]

Hello everyone. I have a 2018 Stinger and in the last year I have noticed that the hazard lights button stopped working reliably. I mean it works, but 50% of pressings are ignored, the hazard lights either do not turn on or do not turn off when I push the button.

Tried to adjust the place, angle and strength of pushing, but no luck, it seems so random. You never know when it is really going to turn on/off when you press the button.

Has anybody encountered an issue like this? I live in Russia and there are several Stingers users experiencing such problem, but none have managed to resolve it yet because of dealerships plainly refusing to fix it with the warranty program. And it is crazy to dismantle the whole front panel just to fix some damn button.

Thanks and sorry for any possible mistakes in my English.

 

[Snicklefritz]

another new wrinkle, I've not heard of that button crapping out before. and you say several russian stingers have this issue, which is weird. your english as presented is great.

 

[vipeboy2000]

i use mine all the time.... never had a weird ignore... almost everytime i drive we use the hazard button to "thank" someone for letting us in etc...

 

[renat2]

another new wrinkle, I've not heard of that button crapping out before. and you say several russian stingers have this issue, which is weird. your english as presented is great.

That's how it looks, the button does not respond 90% of time once this issue has progressed enough. There is no sound in the GIF (could not upload the original video, I don't know why the forum engine rejects it) but believe me — the button has worked just twice from all these pressings, one time to turn on and one time to turn off. Yes, the man smashes the button like crazy but no one does it like this if the button works well. This is a common problem being discussed in many local chats and groups. I guess the man is just frustrated. I was always pressing the button gently and it is malfunctioning nevertheless.


And that's how it is proposed to be fixed.


In no way I will do anything like this to my one and only car for the next many years — it is very expensive to buy a new imported car in Russia now (2020 covid and especially 2022 damned war force the vehicle prices to be x2-x3 more than they are overworld, and the situation is going worse on a daily basis, "on air", can be said), so I am definitely stuck to this Stinger until it dies due to corrosion or a total engine fault beyond repair. Like people are in Cuba etc...

i use mine all the time.... never had a weird ignore... almost everytime i drive we use the hazard button to "thank" someone for letting us in etc...

Whoa, is this "blink a hazard lights twice or thrice to thank someone who let us in etc" thing an international practice? Never thought it was, never drove a car outside Russia, always thought it was a pure local thing lol. Wondered how it is done in other countries, now the question is off.

 

[Snicklefritz]

well, I've never heard of 'flashing' your hazards at anyone to say 'hello', until this thread, and I've been driving in the usa for over half a century. question, when you push the 'hazard' button and it doesn't light up, have you stepped outside the car to see what happens? perhaps it is flashing outside but the button and dash is not? weirder things have happened.

 

[Devin]

Whoa, is this "blink a hazard lights twice or thrice to thank someone who let us in etc" thing an international practice? Never thought it is, never drove a car outside Russia, always thought it was a pure local thing lol. Wondered how it is done in other countries, now the question is off.

Buses, trucks and other large vehicles do it commonly when I let them in on a merge or when changing lanes.

 

[vipeboy2000]

Yep that's where I started seeing it and started responding in kind. Have been seeing other "4 wheelers" start doing that as well. Just a nice gesture to acknowledge niceties lol

 

[JSolo]

I use it to alert the tailgaters of slowing down at rail road tracks. Most of them around here are in really bad shape.

 

[renat2]

well, I've never heard of 'flashing' your hazards at anyone to say 'hello', until this thread, and I've been driving in the usa for over half a century. question, when you push the 'hazard' button and it doesn't light up, have you stepped outside the car to see what happens? perhaps it is flashing outside but the button and dash is not? weirder things have happened.

Of course I tried to step outside — if the button does not blink, the ticking sound is off and the turn lights green arrows on the dash are off, then there is no hazard lights blinking outside the car. It is synchronized — no blinking inside means no blinking outside. It is definitely the button contact issue or something similar.

Buses, trucks and other large vehicles do it commonly when I let them in on a merge or when changing lanes.

It seems strange that so-called little cars ( non-trucks, non-buses etc. — ordinary 4-seat vehicles) do not flash hazard lights in sign of gratitude to a vehicle following you in your lane. It is absolutely common practice here in Russia, every driver on any car does it.

I use it to alert the tailgaters of slowing down at rail road tracks. Most of them around here are in really bad shape.

Is there a practice to greet an oncoming car you want to greet (your acquaintance, for example) with blinking using the headlights high beam in your country?

We also use the high beam to warn the oncoming traffic cars about police officers which are located on their way forward (I mean the police is on the opposite side of the road when I bypass them). The policemen do not like drivers who do this thing, so it is advised to make a reasonable distance before starting blinking using the high beam.

 

[JSolo]

^^Many drivers follow too closely around here. Simply braking for "no apparent" reason would be enough to get rear ended. At least with the 4 ways on they have some clue that hey... driver may be braking soon.

 

[renat2]

^^Many drivers follow too closely around here. Simply braking for "no apparent" reason would be enough to get rear ended. At least with the 4 ways on they have some clue that hey... driver may be braking soon.

I usually use the rear fog lights paired with blinking hazard lights to shoo the drivers which do not keep their distance following my car. It is a common practice here. It is plainly uncomfortable to follow the car with the bright rear fog lights being turned on, especially at evening/night, so these drivers are forced to either start keeping the distance (if they do so, I turn off the fog lights) or switch the lane leaving me satisfied.