2000 Town Car. Random blinker clicking - where's the ground?

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#4 of 5 Re: 2000 Town Car. Random blinker clicking - where's the ground? [tdc1] by bookman4 Sep 05, 2009 (2:48 am)
Replying to: tdc1 (Jun 22, 2009 12:22 pm) Have you had any luck sorting out the problem? Our 1999 Towncar started doing exactly the same thing yesterday. It does it randomly driving down the highway. Touching the brake causes the clicking to stop. No lights blink while the clicking is going on, yet the turn signals, flashers and brake lights all work correctly. I've noticed that just sitting still, I can make it click just by moving the steering wheel. The clicking may be fairly slow and irregular or it may be very fast. I wonder about the ground issue also. Is it possible that a wire has worked loose in the steering column? Or is it possible that the switch that causes the cruise control to disconnect when the brake pedal is pressed could be bad? All lights work properly, possibly ruling out turn signal switches. The cruise control switches are in the steering wheel. Brake disconnects cruise and causes clicking to stop..any possible connection? Thanks. bookman4 Replies to this message: tdc1 (Sep 05, 2009 4:14 am)
#5 of 5 Re: 2000 Town Car. Random blinker clicking - where's the ground? [bookman4] by tdc1 Sep 05, 2009 (4:14 am)
Replying to: bookman4 (Sep 05, 2009 2:48 am) bookman, no, I haven't really had any luck. I did get replies on another forum that suggested it's most likely a problem with the ground, located under the carpet and behind a plastic flash panel, down low just forward of the passenger-side door opening. Mine stopped clicking a few days after I posted here, and I couldn't figure out how to get the flash panel off without destroying it, so I didn't try. The clicking has started up again with great enthusiasm just lately, though, so I may get up the nerve to start pulling it apart soon. The diagnosis that it's the ground seems to be a good educated guess, and worth trying for a fix with that, IMO. As for what it's affecting, good idea: cruise may be a possibility given that braking stops the clicking. But the sound I get is the same clicking as when blinkers are on (even though, as in your case, my blinker lights aren't affected). Maddening little glitch, whatever it is, and the long-term effect can't be good.

#4 of 5: Re: 2000 Town Car. Random blinker clicking - where's the ground? [tdc1] by bookman4; Sep 05, 2009 (2:48 am)

Replying to: tdc1 (Jun 22, 2009 12:22 pm)

Have you had any luck sorting out the problem?

Our 1999 Towncar started doing exactly the same thing yesterday. It does it randomly driving down the highway. Touching the brake causes the clicking to stop. No lights blink while the clicking is going on, yet the turn signals, flashers and brake lights all work correctly. I've noticed that just sitting still, I can make it click just by moving the steering wheel. The clicking may be fairly slow and irregular or it may be very fast.

I wonder about the ground issue also. Is it possible that a wire has worked loose in the steering column? Or is it possible that the switch that causes the cruise control to disconnect when the brake pedal is pressed could be bad? All lights work properly, possibly ruling out turn signal switches. The cruise control switches are in the steering wheel. Brake disconnects cruise and causes clicking to stop..any possible connection?

Thanks.

bookman4

tdc1 (Sep 05, 2009 4:14 am)

#5 of 5: Re: 2000 Town Car. Random blinker clicking - where's the ground? [bookman4] by tdc1; Sep 05, 2009 (4:14 am)

Replying to: bookman4 (Sep 05, 2009 2:48 am)

bookman, no, I haven't really had any luck. I did get replies on another forum that suggested it's most likely a problem with the ground, located under the carpet and behind a plastic flash panel, down low just forward of the passenger-side door opening.

Mine stopped clicking a few days after I posted here, and I couldn't figure out how to get the flash panel off without destroying it, so I didn't try. The clicking has started up again with great enthusiasm just lately, though, so I may get up the nerve to start pulling it apart soon. The diagnosis that it's the ground seems to be a good educated guess, and worth trying for a fix with that, IMO.

As for what it's affecting, good idea: cruise may be a possibility given that braking stops the clicking. But the sound I get is the same clicking as when blinkers are on (even though, as in your case, my blinker lights aren't affected).

Maddening little glitch, whatever it is, and the long-term effect can't be good.