Q: Hazard lights flash around 5 times well after car is locked
Hazard lights blink around 5 times well after car is locked. It does this several times
My car has 70000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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Hi there. There are some times when an electrical glitch or error code is stored in the ECU that will trigger "odd" electrical problems like you’ve listed in your question. The best way to determine why this is happening is to have one of our professional mobile mechanics come to your location and complete a check engine light inspection, so they can download stored error codes and determine the source of this issue, clear error codes and determine the course of action to resolve this problem.
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