massvmax2003

Hi All..

Well.. I'm driving the other day and I make a left turn and my blinker sounds like it's blinking too fast. I know that it will blink fast when a bulb is out, so i pull over to see if this is the case, and everything checked out.

So i start driving again, still itching my head about the irregular blinking speed, when i make a right turn, DAMN.. same $h!T!!! the right one is blinking all whacky too, like fast then slow, fast then slow..

Then I throw my rear window defogger on and I start hearing this faint ticking sound, sounded like a stun gun arching, coming from near the climate control unit thingy. Thought it was odd, so I shut off the defogger.

Finally, after a few more whacky lefts and rights, my SES Light comes on. I'm like, great.. this sucks. All of that happened in about a 5 minute interval. After the light came on, the blinkers seemed to be working normal again, but this morning they were acting up. At one point they were blinking so fast that it seemed like they were on solid.

Anyway, I have an appoinment w/ Nissan tomorrow morning, was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on what this might be..

Thanks all..
Nick

NT2SHBBY

your car is in self-destruct mode....

massvmax2003

I truly hope this isn't the case.. LOL


L8R,
Nick

raiste

A fast blinker usually means a blown bulb, but in your case

massvmax2003

That's what I'm saying, it's so weird. Fast and slow, wouldn't that mean there was a varying resistance up in the mix somewhere? What could go on the car that would cause a varrying resistance to be present?

Thanks,
Nick

Maxman2000

iTrader: (5)

Alternator??

massvmax2003

But if it was the alternator, wouldn't i be experiencing other symptoms like dimming lights, etc..?? Since it's not doing anything like that, I don't think it has to do w/ it.

Anymore suggestions?
Nick

Crusader

You wouldn't necessarily have dimming lights with a bad alternator. Could be putting out too much voltage, in which case you may have symptoms like you have.

Too bad Nissan doesn't want to give us a full complement of guages, otherwise you would probably see something like voltage being too high.

00SEinMA

I doubt this has anything to do with it, but my friend with a mazda experienced the problem with both sides of the signals sometimes going double speed, and sometimes normal. He traced it back to a loose connection somplace near the actual signal switch, or the hazards switch, or where the two meet? I don't quite remember the details.

Let us know tomorrow

-James

TimW

iTrader: (6)

My turn signal relay started squealing like a pig and doing all kinds of off stuff. I actually had to argue with them to replace it, as high pitched squealing wasnt technically broken and the odd behaviour was intermittent .. after two trips I was getting pi$$ed and just said I would buy the $7 relay myself. They finally offered to replace it.. and managed to crease my driver side leather while under the dash Lesson learned.

00SEinMA

gotta love nissan service!

massvmax2003

But would this cause the SES light to come on?

Thanks,
Nick

raiste

Yeah, I'm thinking either some intermittant connection or maybe a bad ground. Could be just a bad relay.

TimW

iTrader: (6)

no SES from the relay failing.. I dont see anyway for that to throw a SES.

Keep in mind mine's a 2k. I think 2k2+ are more prone to a bad stalk on the steering column than the relay failing. *i think*

2kmist

My wifes camry does the same thing with the blinker. First time it did it, I took it to the dealer and he just pulled the front blinker bulb and adjusted the socket. It's been fine since. Problem is the other side is doing it and when I try to mess with the socket it only fixes it temporarily. After about 2-3 weeks it starts blinking fast again. The bulb still works so I just left it. Been too lazy to take it to the dealer.

Maxima-2

iTrader: (8)

have you replaced any of your bulbs w/ overwattage bulbs? My friend did in his 97 and fried fog light wires which then f-ed up his blinkers and hazzards. got the wiring fixed and now he blows a fog light bulb every couple of weeks! g/l