hazard switch removal ??????????

[rice-c87]

i have been told the rapid clicking noice behind me dash is my hazard switch so i poped down the local stealers and got one robed me of 25 quid

now here come the problem i went to change it but i cant find a way to remove the old one its got this flange around it so i cant just stuff a screwy in and prize it out

can i take it out via the radio and if so how dose that come out?

i can only see two little horizontal slots in the front below the buttons do i require a key or somit??

any help would be nice thanks RICE-C

 

[MDS]

Remove the facia around the radio.

You will then have access to the buttons.

No need to remove radio


Do not use a screwdriver as the plastic scratches easily

 

[Big_daddy]

Well ive just took mines a few days ago, i just pull it with, quite simple with out removing the facial trim.

Simple job

 

[rice-c87]

remove the pice above the radio? around the buttons? i didnt want tp snap it felt a bit week i have the cup holder then the hazard switch then the rear window thingy and then a blank got the blank out but couldn't get the window thingy?

 

[rice-c87]

got it sorted just prized it out between the grill

 

[mjt]

dunno if i'm being a spaz or what, but how do you take out the trim around the hazard lights, rear window heater, etc?

i don't want to jam a screwdriver in there because it will scratch it

what's the easiest way to remove that top panel?

 

[Phillc]

Remove the radio, two screws under that, remove the ash tray two more there, its just held in with clips then just pulls out.

 

[mjt]

oh, is it all one piece? lame.
basically i just want to swap the heated seat switches to see if it's the switch that's broken or the heating element in the seat.

regarding radio removal, do you need a special tool to take it out? i've got the Aura CD which just has 2 rectangular slots on the bottom edge

 

[M14KCY]

My car does this indicator clicking thing went it randomly wants to.

Is it a new hazzrd button i need or is there something under the button needing replaced?

 

[mjt]

will i die if i don't disconnect the battery before attempting to fiddle with the switches?
or is it just safer to disconnect them anyway

 

[LEE69]

will i die if i don't disconnect the battery before attempting to fiddle with the switches?
or is it just safer to disconnect them anyway

You'll be fine.

 

[mjt]

basically i just need to get at the heated seat switches, which is where the cupholder is on this pic.
i thought i could just take the top panel off, but it seems that the whole thing is 1 piece?

does the ashtray really have to come out too? seems like a lot of hassle..

 

[LEE69]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=76929&highlight=relay

 

[mjt]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=76929&highlight=relay

is this for my benefit?

i posted in here as i didn't want to create a new thread, and this was one of the few threads i found regarding removal of the top panel.
i don't want to remove the hazard switch, and even if i did i couldn't go about it via the cupholder as my cupholder is in the glovebox..

 

[LEE69]

It shows how to remove the relay, you might be able to get to the other ones similar

 

[mjt]

It shows how to remove the relay, you might be able to get to the other ones similar

no i can't.

The answer is you pull the front of the switch off - I did this by opening the cup holder then using a screwdriver behind the switch.

i don't have a cupholder, i have heated seat switches, which is what i'm trying to get at in the first place :/

i appreciate you're trying to be helpful, so is the facia one big piece or is the top panel seperate?
if it's one big piece then the radio has to come out regardless, perhaps along with the ashtray

 

[Phillc]

Yes its all one big piece and you need to take the ashtray out which is one screw its probably the easiest thing in the whole car to remove, and the radio has to come out as per my last post.

Here's a pic.
You can clearly see all four screw locations.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

Or you could do what I just suggested in the cup holder thread

 

[Phillc]

Or you could do what I just suggested in the cup holder thread

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[mjt]

cheers dude ;D