Maxo

Hey-lo Yall,

Here is a head scratcher. Please can you help figure it out. I cant drive my car because It wont pass inspection.

I realize Chevys have two seperate flashers.
1. Harzards Flasher
2. Blinkers Flasher
Here is the deal...all hazard lights blink, Ok now the turn signals. The left side blinkers work front and back. The rightside blinkers dont blink the lights stay stay lite but no blinking.

could it be as simple as replacing the turn signal flasher ??

Incintive: To the solution post, I will send a $25 Darden Resturants gift card.

Max

kg4fku

Have you verified all the bulbs on the right side work? Bet you have a blown bulb or a bad bulb socket.

kg4fku

I'll even do you one better.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...t-working.html

C5 4me

Get the bulbs and replace the flasher. Both cheap to replace

arbee

Why replace the flasher when he said the left side signals work?

C5 4me

If he replaces the flasher( a cheap part) It removes it from the possible problem.I just went thur turn signal hell not sure if it was blub or flasher,so on a 20 year old car I just replaced it all. problem solved

RollaMo-LT4

The flasher is working, indicated by his stating that the left side turn signals work fine.
Same flasher operates both sides, so the flasher is good.

What the OP is describing is a classic sign of a bad bulb or bad connection on the right side.
GM cars for as long as I can remember operated like this.
If a bulb goes bad, you get the solid indicator on the dash and that side turn signals won't flash.

Maxo

Hey KG'
If the socket or bulb are bad then why do the rightside hazard lights flash?

Arent the harzard lights and the blinker lights one- in-the-same seperated only by different flashers. ??

I replaced the rightside front cuz it was missing, so that one is new but I did not replace the rear right, yet. I will replace it and see what happens. Ill let you know.

Max

kg4fku

I can't answer that question without looking at the schematics. Which I have not done.

I can only speculate that

1. the load/resistance of the emergency flashers is enough to make the flasher operate whereas the blinker system does not.

2. The emergency flashers and blinkers use different bulbs/filaments to operate.

3. GM designed the emergency flashers to operate in the worst case scenario. This means regardless of bulbs absent or non-functional.

Regardless of design and function, everything I have read concerning your issue points to a bad bulb, a missing bulb or a bad bulb socket. You can see that in the link I posted of the exact issue you are having by another forum member.

Maxo

Looks like Iam headed in that direction. Ill replace bulbs first and move to the flasher.

HAVE YOU HAD THIS EXPERIENCE? Like what I explained????

kg4fku

Do you know for sure you put the correct bulb in and that the bulb is making good contact?

Are there possibly other missing bulbs?

I would compare the left side to the right side using the blinkers and not the emergency flashers. This might be the key to finding out what the problem is. Turn on the left blinker and walk around the car. Make note of what lights are flashing and who many there are. Then turn on the right blinker and make not of what lights are on and what may or may not be missing.

Maxo

I guess the question here with what you present is. if the bulbs are bad, why do they function as hazards and not blinkers....arent they the same bulb??

Maxo

OK Man thanks for your imput. I will continue on my quest for a tried and true method and not speculation. in all due respect !

Max

kg4fku

With all due respect..... really!? I'm just trying to help you out. It is your car and I am not there to see it, touch it or troubleshoot it.

99.9% of all forum troubleshooting is guessing and speculation. Why? Because no one but the owner can actually touch the car.

For all we know you could have a very unique situation of rabid poltergeist squirrels that are storing their ghost nuts in your light bulbs.

Feel free to put a DVM, ohm meter or test light to work and read a schematic/tech manual.

With all due respect of course!

playsdixie

replace the bulb...1056 ....then it will work...

auggy

it's a bad bulb or connection---- replace the right side bulbs even if they look ok

Kevova

If head lights and hazards are both on are all bulbs blinding? If not non blinking bulb is where to look. Poor connection, wrong or defective bulb, or socket issue. If all lights blink while head lights are on replace turn flasher with hazard flasher. If turn signal operates correctly. Get another hazard flasher. Flasher is basically a circuit breaker hazard flasher has a lower amperage to open. Turn flasher is more calibrated towards actual circuit demand that is why it won't open(flash) if bulb is out
Good luck

Maxo

Thanks can you elaborate on bulb...1056. Which bulb is it?
Max

Maxo

Thanks... On my way to search for bulbs. I let you know.
Max

Kevova

turn signal bulbs are 2 element normally 1157 or 2057. A or NA on the end for amber bulb which goes with clear or white lens. 1056 or 1156 are single element bulbs that will cause turn signal not to flash