http://www.passion-406.com/forum/viewto ... rendre+feu
I have attempted to translate Google's franglais below:
Worth checking the link for the pics....406 owner wrote: Something very scary happened to me this afternoon.
Cruising at 65/70 on the motorway, in the third lane, I put the indicator on the right to return to the middle lane. After working properly, the flashing stopped and at the same time a kind of noise like pchhhh ... Pok! then nothing for 3 seconds, suddenly big plume of smoke coming out from behind the wheel between the wheel and the shroud above the stalk.
I blew it away, but it smoked even more, becoming white, thick and well-smoked, it stank of burning plastic, I try to blow harder, but it makes no difference.
I thought that I had to stop the car urgently, it was already on fire ...
I stopped on the emergency lane, hazard lights, I stop, nothing! It has smoked for about 30 seconds in all.
I did not have my torx key on me to open the shell behind the wheel, I thought at Neiman beam, so I cut off the air conditioner, the fan and the radio to take a minimum of power.
I left the highway, went home and I removed it to check, but found nothing.
So I took everything apart, nothing visible.
And by chance I turn to look under the steering wheel and the smell all of a sudden came back strongly, it came from the floor where I put the shroud, screws, and stalk.
I take the turn signal stalk in hand, ugh! smell of scorched 15 meters, I found the culprit!
On the outside it looked OK, but I think it's all melted inside, I fitted another stalk & disassembled the burned one understand.
(It's crazy good balls in any case, I saw already burning on the edge of the highway)?
This guy's car is a 98 110 HDi saloon, so D8, I guess with about 200k (miles).
