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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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No Turn Signal

Hello All,
ON my way home from work I realized my turn signals didnt work, meaning the green lights inside on the guages didnt flash, but the rest of my lights do work speedo, seat belts, abs, gas warning light, etc.


I must say this occured after trying to fix my facotry Bose unit, which at point point I thought I head a pop like sound. I figured ok must have blown a fuse, checked the "TURN" fuse and it was ok, incase I count see maybe a small break in the fuse I put another working 7.5 fuse in there and still no turn signal.

What could be the problem, the lights in the front dont flash when i put my turn signal on, but my clearance lights do light up when I put the turn signal on. Nothing flashes in the front nor the Rear. Is there another fuse? I cant figure this one out
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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could be blown bulbs, i dont know how but possible, check it out.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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try the hazard switch. i removed my radio once and couldnt figure out why the signals didnt work. it weas the hazard switch. good luck

-blake
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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you mean it was the hazard switch like it wasnt hooked up?

cause mine isnt hook up I left my dash all amess from when I took the bose out to fix the bose problem, I'll try putting it back together and check the bulbs.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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Check the bulbs.. maybe one burnt out? :gotme?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:27 PM
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try the hazard switch. i removed my radio once and couldnt figure out why the signals didnt work. it weas the hazard switch. good luck

-blake

you were right. I find that quite retarded that it doesnt work if the hazrds are unplugged, but I'm glad its working again. I put my dash back together (for the 1000th time) and plugged everything in, turn the signals, they work.

thank you, I pissed of an accord due to my lack of signals.

I didnt mind thought cause they drive a honda, but thats another thread all together.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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you have to plug the hazards in to have turnsignals.....but you know that now so im post whoring
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:41 PM
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My dash is apart right now too (a HU problem) and I had to plug the hazard switch back it for the same reason.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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My dash is apart right now too (a HU problem) and I had to plug the hazard switch back it for the same reason.

stock unit? CD Err prob?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 05:25 PM
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b4 i knew that i drove to work 15 min away from my hosue and pissed of many people.. had to use the hand signals... that was fun.. i felt so stupid after i figured that out... glad to have helped..

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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MDeezy
stock unit? CD Err prob?
No. I don't have bose. I haven't actually figured it out for sure but I think it's how the previous owner had an FM transmitter (allowed a CD changer to be plugged into the antenna port) wired into the stock harness. One of the mechanics at work is going to help me figure it out tomarrow. I think I just messed up crimping the wires back together, so he's gonna help with that.
Old Dec 31, 2004 | 12:41 PM
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"I find that quite retarded that it doesnt work if the hazrds are unplugged, but I'm glad its working again. "
-MDeezy

It's really not retarded that the hazards must be plugged in for turn signals to work. The hazard button completes the circuit. How else would they work if not in circuit? If you remove a component of a circuit, you can't expect electricity to flow. You could have turn signals without having to hook up a hazard switch, but then you would have no hazards...seems retarded to not have hazards (at least in the event of an emergency) You would have to manually complete the circuit with a rewire.
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