Mike H wrote:My new car will be programmed with 'comfort' indicators, or some such fancy marketing name. I don't want the car to indicate three times if I just touch the stalk. I want to determine the number of flashes myself depending on the circumstances at that moment.
*My italics*I highlight that, because you'll find that if you hold the stalk in place for the duration of one flash, the indicators will not flash 3 times.
My parents' Yeti and Galaxy both have this (Though the Yeti is the only one you can actually deactivate it yourself inside the car, the Galaxy would require a computer to be plugged into the car's computer).
For them, they complain about it, because they find it to be a bit hit and miss, and my sister claims she is completely unable to activate it.
Through my observations of them, I found that the reason why they were occasionally unable to activate the 3 flashes, it was because they weren't "touching" the stalks, they were holding the stalks down, but the duration would often vary to just under the cut off point for 3 flash activation, and just after.
So, I'd suggest to you to just make it a habit to just hold the indicator stalk for the duration of one flash, minimum, if you're in a situation where you don't want 3 flashes.
Play about with the duration lengths and see if you can pin-point where the cut off point is, just so you know how long you need to hold it for.