left turn signal blinking like crazy

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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:12 AM
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left turn signal blinking like crazy

i just noticed today for the first time when turning on my left turn signal it was blinking really really fast, like 3x faster than normal, right one worked fine, the like 5 minutes later both sides worked fine and then the left one started going crazy again

any one know whats going on here???

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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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disconnect the bulb and reconnect it again. it should work.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:24 AM
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which one was blinking....the front or the rear. if the front was blinking fast...replace the rear bulb. And if the rear one was blinking fast...replace the front bulb. If not sure...replace both
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:40 AM
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If both bulbs are fine AND your hazard lights blink normally... Turn-Signal relay is fried. Just replace it, on this car, I dunno where it is, consult the helms, it's probably behind the dash cluster. On my VW, I simply had to pull out the hazard switch and replace it with a new one (the whole unit controls the car's signals).
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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it sounds to me like you have a loose conection with one of your bulbs... the only thing that sucks about trying to change out a coner bulb is that you have take off the bumper inorder to get to it.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:48 PM
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it sounds to me like you have a loose conection with one of your bulbs... the only thing that sucks about trying to change out a coner bulb is that you have take off the bumper inorder to get to it.
that is not true, you can stick you hand into the wheel well and fix it
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 01:05 PM
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Turn single relay is under the drivers side dash at the back of the fuse box. It just pulls right out. The new one pushes right in. I know I had a hyper blinker in my car last year. This is where the new relay went. It just replaced the factory one. Really easy to replace.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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thanks for the help guys...
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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Left side turn signal blinking fast, sounds like a burned out bulb to me. Turn on the left side signal. check to see which one doesn't work, and replace that bulb. Good luck.
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rbf351
that is not true, you can stick you hand into the wheel well and fix it
yeah if you take youe fender liner out you can do that but if not you would still have to take that out ehtier way its still harded then it should be to change a dam bulb
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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the front bulb does light up when i have the low beams on, but it dont flash when i hit the signal, but the back one does
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 05:12 PM
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Hey, it's better than expected, simply replace the bulb. At least it is not your relay.

Since the 1157 is a dual filament bulb, your steady filament is working but not the blinking filament. I recently just picked up a bulb for $0.96 at the dealer.
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 10:41 PM
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but it works some times, and some times it just blimks like crazy
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 07:42 PM
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happened to me alot..(other cars)
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