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Old 07-21-2004, 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 07-21-2004, 12:18 AM
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disconnect the bulb and reconnect it again. it should work.
Old 07-21-2004, 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
Old 07-21-2004, 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).
Old 07-21-2004, 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.
Old 07-21-2004, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by evilone
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
Old 07-21-2004, 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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thanks for the help guys...
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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.
Old 07-22-2004, 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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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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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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but it works some times, and some times it just blimks like crazy
Old 07-23-2004, 07:42 PM
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happened to me alot..(other cars)
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