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09-16-2007, 11:53 AM
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Senior Member
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Name : Rick Hice
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Turn Signals
On the way home from Venice last week an issue started with my turn signals. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. When they don't, it's right & left plus the 4 ways. When I use the signal, nothing happens.
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09-16-2007, 12:29 PM
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I'm guessing you checked your fuses?If so , then you have a loose contection somewhere in your lighting harness,does you idoit lights come on?If so the you can pin point it to just the lights them self,does your rear one's work?If so then the problem is in the front one,could just be the bulbs themselves,need more info bro.
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09-16-2007, 10:33 PM
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Bug Killer
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Rick,
Rob is right, if you have a bad bulb it will cause that side to stop blinking, it is not uncommon for a bulb on either side to go bad at the same time. Turn on the car and try either turn signal, check both front and rear, the one that is not lit-up is the bad one. Do this for R & L, and check F & R. If all 4 lite up but no flash then your flasher relay is bad.
Good Luck.
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09-17-2007, 02:07 AM
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I've had some bulbs go out in my turn signals and the symptom I got was that the turn signal sounds twice as fast as normal. Only had the front ones go out, however, so I've no idea if the rears cause the same thing.
Never had the turn signals just not work at all from a bad bulb.
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09-17-2007, 08:50 AM
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Ah.... the typical C5 front bulb issue. Change the offending bulb. If it continues to go out, the pigtail will need to be replaced. The pigtails seem to burn out often. I think that it is heat related due to DRL's. Mine are still nice and have never taken out a bulb. Probably because years ago I got rid of my DRL's.
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09-17-2007, 05:18 PM
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Senior Member
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Name : Rick Hice
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Thanks for the replies, but it's not a burnt out bulb.
The problem is, sometimes they flash and sometimes they don't. When they don't work; front and rear; right and left and dash indicators won't light.
When they work all flash fine.
I parked the car and waited 5 minutes and tried them and nothing. Waited 5 minutes and they worked fine, all I did was open and close the door. If there's a loose connection would closing the door effect it?
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09-18-2007, 11:18 PM
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Bug Killer
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To Flash or not to Flash
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Originally Posted by Rich Z
I've had some bulbs go out in my turn signals and the symptom I got was that the turn signal sounds twice as fast as normal. Only had the front ones go out, however, so I've no idea if the rears cause the same thing.
Never had the turn signals just not work at all from a bad bulb.
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That is the question.
Rich you could be correct on this, I can't remember if my vette's flasher just stopped flashing or did the double flash thing....Hmmmm. Should I go out and pull a bulb to check....NAW.....! I am sure someone will clear this up.
Joe B.
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