Lane change can get sticky

[awolff280sl]

Is it just me?
When signaling to change lanes, if I depress or lift the stalk just a hair too much then it becomes quite stuck in the "turn mode". Getting it unstuck feels to me to be not too healthy for the longevity of the cancelling mechanism.
(Don't tell me you wait for the next full turn to cancel it)

[hauser]

Mine feels like that too.  It's almost like to have to force it out of position when it does not cancel itself out.

[Flyair]

same here. I have my turn indicator serviced last year as the lever wouldn't hold in place. Now it does, but I have the same feeling, asking myself foe how long. When changing lines, I have to force the lever and have mixed feelings about what happens inside the stuff.

[GGR]

same here. I have my turn indicator serviced last year as the lever wouldn't hold in place. Now it does, but I have the same feeling, asking myself foe how long. When changing lines, I have to force the lever and have mixed feelings about what happens inside the stuff.

The repair for a lever that doesn't hold in place is to reshape the cavity in which the locking pin goes. This can be done with a file. When it's done too enthusiastically the pin then has difficulties to come out of the reshaped cavity when canceling the turn signal. The remedy is to smoothen out the cavity to ease the path of the pin (still with a file).

[alchemist]

I agree with GGR, this is the way always done. the difficulty is to get the whole signal mechanism out of the car.

[awolff280sl]

I never had a problem with the turn lever not sticking and I have never taken a file to the notch, and I am hesitant to do so. Seems like it could be somewhat irreversible, especially if the purpose is to round off the edges of the notch to correct the problem of too much sticking.
It occurs to me that I may be able to lessen the sticking problem by just the right amount of shimming under the two mounting screws of the combo stick.