Turn Signal Flasher issue
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Racer
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From: Corinth MS
Turn Signal Flasher issue
Out of the blue my turnsignals are acting crazy. When I turn on the LH turn signal the indicator on the dash flashes real fast. The front bulb is out and the rear lamps alternate. When using the RH signal the dash flashes normally but the rears again alternate. Is the flasher the culprit? Where is it located at? Thanks for any help or advice.
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From: Dyer, IN
Out of the blue my turnsignals are acting crazy. When I turn on the LH turn signal the indicator on the dash flashes real fast. The front bulb is out and the rear lamps alternate. When using the RH signal the dash flashes normally but the rears again alternate. Is the flasher the culprit? Where is it located at? Thanks for any help or advice.
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From: Van Buren Arkansas
Wounded Warrior Escort '11
The rears alternate? If a front lamp is out, the same side rear will flash rapidly. The flasher is part of the hazard switch and I think, the BCM. Don't hold me to the BCM part but I think it is the source of normal blinker operation except when the hazards are activated. Truly, I'm not sure there.
Safety Car
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From: Youngsville North Carolina
if it turns out to be the hazard switch its behind the button on the dash, here's a link to a good thread on here w/ step by step procedure for changing. It will require some console dismantle and radio removal....costs about $250 for the dealer to do.
http://myweb.cableone.net/kd5fx/HSwitch/HSwitch.htm
http://myweb.cableone.net/kd5fx/HSwitch/HSwitch.htm
Advanced
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From: MI
if it turns out to be the hazard switch its behind the button on the dash, here's a link to a good thread on here w/ step by step procedure for changing. It will require some console dismantle and radio removal....costs about $250 for the dealer to do.
http://myweb.cableone.net/kd5fx/HSwitch/HSwitch.htm
http://myweb.cableone.net/kd5fx/HSwitch/HSwitch.htm
Melting Slicks
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From: Redding CA
The "whack" that he was referring to wasn't to get that little tab undone I don't think...
It was to get the actual "rectangle" shaped green hazard switch itself out of it's little "socket". It can be kind of stuck in there and sometimes does just need a little help...
DZ
It was to get the actual "rectangle" shaped green hazard switch itself out of it's little "socket". It can be kind of stuck in there and sometimes does just need a little help...
DZ
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Racer
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From: Corinth MS
OK, I replaced the burnt out front LH turn signal bulb as well as the RH front side marker. Turn signals function correctly, no alternating rear lamps. Now the turn signal lamps are going in hyper drive at all four corners. I have had LED rears for about two years and they never flashed fast. Could this cause problems? I have read post about a harness that can be installed that returns normal flashing. How is this installed and is one required for each rear lamp?
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From: Van Buren Arkansas
Wounded Warrior Escort '11
Standard flashers work based upon the load and designed with a regular incandescent lamp being there, in the case of these cars. When you modify things such as putting in LED's, LED's have essentially no load at all. Now that can be compensated for with a load resistor on the circuit to ground to simulate the normal lamp but I've never done that myself. I would venture a guess that your LED setup has had a failure or connection to ground go bad which results in the hyperflash. I know nothing about the special setups and harnesses to make these changes.. maybe someone else has had this issue?
