Strange hazard light issue after battery died

[orangeLUBR]

Hello - I tried to search to see if some one else had this issue before but I am not seeing anything.  My issue is that my battery had died and when I put a charger on the battery the hazard lights flash.  I do not see a hazard switch in the car but I assume that there must be one somewhere- I think.  Could this just be a faulty relay?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks  

[Chris_B]

Typically, the hazard light switch is mounted in the top part of the console. A red button.

[Son of Marty]

If you have a early car the flasher knob might be on the dash to the left of the interments or on a very early car the left underside of the lower dash covers. Other wise the button on the counsel might not lock the flasher button down so that they are always on. search here for a fix.

[Mike Self]

If you have the pushbutton style emergency flasher switch on the console (modell 71 and later cars) as they age they can develop a nasty habit of turning themselves on, thus draining the battery if you let 'em flash for more than a few hours.

 

If your flasher button won't stay in, I wrote a column about dismantling and troubleshooting those switches, including how to fix the button's predilection for self-actuating in a more elegant way than jamming a toothpick in the button.  PM me if you'd like a copy.

 

mike

[orangeLUBR]

Thank you for the reply. I will search for the hazard switch. I think when the aftermarket air conditioner was put in by previous owner they did not put the switch back in.