No Blinkers

wilke3169 · 04-24-2006, 04:59 PM

My car was in an accident a few months back. Included in the repairs that were just completed last week was replacement of the left tail light assembly. I noticed the left blinker wasn't working so I checked and replaced the bulb. Problem solved or so I thought. Last night my wife drove the car home and I followed. I noticed the left tail light wasn't working. The bulb appeared loose. I reinstalled the contact point in the rear and reinstalled. It then worked intermittently. This morning I go to drive the car to work and no blinkers work at all including the indicators on the dash. The emergency flashers do work but no turn signals. The lever is new or was. The fuse is good.

Any suggestions??? what is common to all of the blinkers???

I have searched with no luck but if anyone knows of a good thread i will be happy to look at old discussions.

tonypeoni · 04-24-2006, 05:15 PM

Did they replace the taillight with a new part or one from a salvage yard. I had the same problem but i solved it by springing all the contact points forward. Over time they can become loose and cause shorts.

wilke3169 · 04-24-2006, 05:21 PM

Definantly an old one. I have a line on another in better shape here on the board.
I am confused why nothing works. Both sides and the indicators show nothing. My thought is something has shorted and caused either a failed neutral or a short.

Jim Sims · 04-24-2006, 05:41 PM

Make sure there isn't a single contact base bulb in one of the double contact base bulb sockets or something causing a short between the two base contacts

wilke3169 · 04-24-2006, 06:08 PM

I found it. Actually found an old thread that said that brake lights and turn signals are on the same fuse. So I checked the fuse again. Turns out the end was burned off of the fuse. It appeared good but upon closer inspection with the Fluke...
Thanks for the ideas and once again the search button came through.