you want euro and when it happens ....well you don't like it. my M3 and 928 all make the same "cheap" sound.......oh well.

 

yeah, you could turn up the radio, open up the exhaust, or go fast enough that the wind noise [basically anything over 30] cancels out the noise of the clicker.

 

Welcome to [FJ] (two months late). :thumbup:

Focus blinkers make an obnoxious sound. It really sounds loud and cheap!

I disagree; I first thought that it sounded like a synthesized sample of a wooden metronome. I like it. I got into the Focus from a 40-year-older car where the sound of a metallic electrical relay emanated from the dash...

There's a simple way to quiet it down a little. If you can find where it is under the dash (I have no idea where), you can simply apply a small piece of vinyl electrical tape over the small speaker's opening with a pinhole in the tape. We do this at work sometimes to diminish the incredible decibel output of some of the backup alarms on the construction equipment we use indoors (they can still be plainly heard).

 

I love the way it sounds, i dont know why u guys have a prob. with it. Half the time you can't even hear them

 

i've actually had at least 3 or 4 people compliment the clicking noise. i don't mind it, eventually you'll get used to it.

 

Actually the sound changed. In 2000 and 2001, it is quite quiet and 2002 and on it got louder

 

I will have to check the books, but I think that the dealer can hook up a Ford Rotunda scan tool and vis-a-vis the ecu, effectively set the volume of this micro-speaker.

Again, I will have to check but there is a way to do it -- only you can't do it yourself.

 

On my 07 I took the turn signal switch out and apart then cut the wire going to the clicker speaker. Now nice and quiet.

Turn Signal Silence Mod -- How To

 

you want euro and when it happens ....well you don't like it. my M3 and 928 all make the same "cheap" sound.......oh well.

dont mean to be obnoxiouse but y do u have a focus if u have an m3 and a 928? i think i smell b/s

 

you can get a used m3 or 928 for under 15k, same price as a new focus...

 

dont mean to be obnoxiouse but y do u have a focus if u have an m3 and a 928? i think i smell b/s

I would drive a focus and have and m3 any day of the week. Why not beat on the cheap ford and let the m3 stay inside most of the time, I mean afterall the focus is not gonna hold its value compared to an m3.


Back on topic if you want an annoying, and loud blinker go to your ford dealer and listen to the mustangs. My fix for it is the radio being turned up. My 2000 didn't have a loud blinker and these new one's are not to bad.

 

okay, the link with the picture helps alot for this...

you can allso splice in a resistor if you can find the right size for the job (or even a variable one for full volume controll...)

its just a little piezo speaker - it looks like.
break out the solder guns!

 

I kind of like the sound. It's kind of like when you pop an aluminum coke can back and forth. Soothing even. Haha.

 

I like the sound. Sounds like a metronome to me. But on the same note, I don't fin it soothing or anything. Since when were turn signal indicators pleasent sounding? Maybe someone can make it where you can record into it. So you could have some girl moaning, or your voice saying "right turn-right turn-right turn" lol

 

shoot, my volvo vnl-670 makes the exact same sound, i personally like it,

 

I would think replacing the turn signal relay would possibly fix that ???
ps I actually like the sound of the stock one also...mike

 

when i bought the car as a repo it had no radio the first thing i noticed was the turn signal click i thought it kicked ass

 

dont mean to be obnoxiouse but y do u have a focus if u have an m3 and a 928? i think i smell b/s

What??? Just because you have a Focus you cant have any other cars??


Thats just stupid...........

 

nomad, i think that the focuws would be a funner car and one that i would rather thrash on the track then a beemer or something, budget racing, as opposed to spending thousands of dollars,

 

Actually the sound changed. In 2000 and 2001, it is quite quiet and 2002 and on it got louder

Exactly.. My 2000 sounds fine. The wife's 2002 is really loud and close to obnoxious.

 

Whats more annoying than chopping down tree sounding turn signals? The new super blinky LED turn signals with no resistors. Then you have Paul Bunyon on speed.

Not sure if its a chopping wood sound, or hitting a homerun with a wooden bat sound?

Wow I had an '88 Turbo thunderbird my first car, it felt like it took a half an hour for the turn signals to blink in that thing.