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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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Front turn signals don't work

My front turn signals dont work. The fuse seems to be fine, the rear signals work, the bulbs are fine as well, and I even changed the, with new ones just to be safe and nothing. Every other light works perfectly but neither one of my front turn signals work. any ideas why?
Old Oct 21, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Oh thats easy. Your out of blinker fluid!


j/p, Perhaps theres something wrong with the wiring. Did you happen to be working on you car recently and disconnected something?
Old Oct 21, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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That's weird. I would have thought that none of your blinkers would work. Usually when one goes out, then there isn't enough current draw for the flasher to work. I'd have to look at my service manual when I get home to try and figure this out. How do you know the rears work? By using the blinker lever or the hazard switch?
Old Oct 21, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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Could be the flasher relay or the hazzard switch.
Old Oct 21, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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That's almost impossible unless someone was messing with the wiring. Do the front and rear tail lights work properly when you press the hazard flasher button? Do the dash lights for the turn signals blink as expected?


Make sure the black ground wire for the front turn signal lights is connected to a grounding point, that is a metal part of the car.

A blown fuse would knock out both front and rear turn signal lights.

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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nopike
That's almost impossible unless someone was messing with the wiring. Do the front and rear tail lights work properly when you press the hazard flasher button? Does the dash lights for the turn signals blink as expected?


Make sure the black ground wire for the front turn signal lights is connected to a grounding point, that is a metal part of the car.

A blown fuse would knock out both front and rear turn signal lights.
Well said.

This is almost undoubtably a no ground situation. Both front signals use the same grounds. From the look of it you have aftermarket mods and lamps on the whole front end. I guarantee you lost a ground. Easy way to check, put hazards on, take a test light or multimeter and find chassis ground for the negative lead on the tester, and check the bulb harness for power, if you have power, get them a ground.
Old Oct 21, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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did u happen to change ur blinkerws to led;s if u did than u must reverse the wiring i had to do so cuz i have led blinkers
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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I was messing around with is and found the problem. The passenger signal had a wire that somehow got disconnected. and for the drivier side there was a prong in the socket that was bent back. Thanks for all the help though.
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