Betcha can't solve this lighting mystery!
#1
Betcha can't solve this lighting mystery!
Ok, here's the deal. My passenger-side rear brakelight is malfunctioning. Specifically, here's what's wrong:
LIGHTS OFF, TURN SIGNAL ON
-The front turn signal DOES flash
-The rear turn signal DOES NOT flash
-The clicker goes 'click-click-click' on the inside
-The instrument cluster arrow does not light
LIGHTS ON, TURN SIGNAL ON
-The front turn signal DOES NOT flash
-The front turn signal lights up
-The rear turn signal DOES NOT flash
-The clicker DOES NOT go 'click-click-click' on the inside
-The instrument cluster arrow DOES NOT light
Kudos to the genius that solves this one!!!!
LIGHTS OFF, TURN SIGNAL ON
-The front turn signal DOES flash
-The rear turn signal DOES NOT flash
-The clicker goes 'click-click-click' on the inside
-The instrument cluster arrow does not light
LIGHTS ON, TURN SIGNAL ON
-The front turn signal DOES NOT flash
-The front turn signal lights up
-The rear turn signal DOES NOT flash
-The clicker DOES NOT go 'click-click-click' on the inside
-The instrument cluster arrow DOES NOT light
Kudos to the genius that solves this one!!!!
#4
Just buy a new tail blinker, check the car manual for the light part # or at some stores they have a reference catalog with part#'s, math the year/make/model and find it, pop the trunk lining, snap out the bulb, replace with new one, snap back into place, put trunk lining back together.
One way to check it the blinker is indeed out, flash the hazards and stand behind the vehicle to verify it's not working.
One way to check it the blinker is indeed out, flash the hazards and stand behind the vehicle to verify it's not working.
#7
Originally Posted by ZeRo MaX
A NEW REAR blinker might do the trick...
#10
Could it be the relay for the turn signal? I think it goes one for the driver side and one for the passenger side. Open your hood, look in the black box on the left. The relay you need should be labeled on the underside of the cover. Actually just to make sure, switch the relay from your driver side to your passenger side. Check to see if the passenger side turn signal work. If it does, then you know what to replace.....right?
#12
Originally Posted by speye022
Could it be the relay for the turn signal? I think it goes one for the driver side and one for the passenger side. Open your hood, look in the black box on the left. The relay you need should be labeled on the underside of the cover. Actually just to make sure, switch the relay from your driver side to your passenger side. Check to see if the passenger side turn signal work. If it does, then you know what to replace.....right?
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Simplist & most time effective....just did this on my motorcycle, so to speak.
Swap parts to test for dead relays/bulbs.
Go get 'em sparky.
gr
#13
Originally Posted by ghostrider17
![ThumbsUp](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
Simplist & most time effective....just did this on my motorcycle, so to speak.
Swap parts to test for dead relays/bulbs.
Go get 'em sparky.
gr
#15
Ugh, finally found it. I did a bulb swap-out on my cluster a week ago, and the turn signal bulb came loose...that was it!
I wish I checked this before I took a ******* multimeter to all the relays
I would like to say, though...thanks to all those whom have provided their insight to this problem, you make this site worthing coming back to again and again!
I wish I checked this before I took a ******* multimeter to all the relays
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I would like to say, though...thanks to all those whom have provided their insight to this problem, you make this site worthing coming back to again and again!
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