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Electrical issues on my new V50... hazards switch?

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brookelander
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Year and Model: 2005 V50
Location: Arizona

Electrical issues on my new V50... hazards switch?

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Hello! I've had my 2005 V50 T5 for a few weeks now, but just yesterday something came up with the hazard lights. While I'm driving the car, the hazards will intermittently flash on their own. The flashing is mostly sporadic like they're turning themselves on and off very quickly, but today they stayed on for about an hour straight after shutoff while I tried to figure out whether or not I wanted to pull a fuse or disconnect the battery...they ended up shutting themselves off just after I pulled down the interior fuse box.

The hazard switch was completely unresponsive even when the hazards were off; I couldn't push the switch to turn them on either. Does this sound like the switch is just finicky and needs replaced or should I check anything else out? If the switch was bad, would the hazards be turning themselves on?

Thanks a bunch for any tips! If there's anything easy enough that I can replace or diagnose myself that would be awesome too.

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