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Old Apr 15, 2020 | 12:40 AM
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Are you positive that none of your taillights or front turn signals are LED bulbs?
Okay so it's all working now... Heres a summary:
Initial problem: Weird blinking lights when brake pressed and front blinker not working sometimes.
Reason and fix: Previous owner spliced a wire between the rear center brake light and right rear brake light. I disconnected that wire. Then installed a new socket for the bad front blinker.
New problem: Blinkers work but brake lights do not at all.
Reason and fix: Previous owner seems to have gotten into the hazard switch and crossed over 2 of the prongs for some weird reason, maybe it was done on accident I do not know. I installed a new hazard switch.
New problem: Rapid blinking
Fix: Installed hazard bypass. I don't know why it was rapid blinking but all my lights worked fine. Hopefully this does not mean I will have weird issues in the future because I ignored it and went straight for the bypass. Anyways now I have installed led front headlights too so the bypass handles that I think anyways.

Thanks for the help everybody!
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Old Apr 15, 2020 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by GCG
Are you positive that none of your taillights or front turn signals are LED bulbs?
Originally Posted by gopro_2027
...Previous owner seems to have gotten into the hazard switch and crossed over 2 of the prongs for some weird reason, maybe it was done on accident I do not know. I installed a new hazard switch.
New problem: Rapid blinking
Fix: Installed hazard bypass
. I don't know why it was rapid blinking but all my lights worked fine. Hopefully this does not mean I will have weird issues in the future because I ignored it and went straight for the bypass. Anyways now I have installed led front headlights too so the bypass handles that I think anyways...
A new hazard switch shouldn't have caused rapid blinking IF all of your taillights and front turn signal were OEM bulbs. That's why I asked you if you were positive none of those bulbs were LEDs, but you never answered my question.

I take it that by "hazard bypass" you mean a "hyperflash harness". A hyperflash harness ONLY interacts with turn signal bulbs.

Only when swapping the turn signal/hazard bulbs (front and/or tail) for LEDs you could end up with hyperflashing. Any other bulb (front headlights included) can be replaced with an LED without producing hyperflash.

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