CaMaRo20o0

When i was turning on to my driveway yesterday and turned left i noticed that the green turn signal light on the dash wasn't blinking. I checked the lights and the left front light wont turn on and the back one turns on but doesn't blink. when i turn the hazard lights on the back light blinks but the front one doesn't turn on. The right side works fine. Does anyone know why it's doing this?

jhnwlkx86

iTrader: (1)

Your bulb is most likely burnt out for your turning signal. There's 2 in there. Pull it out and check them.

CaMaRo20o0

Thanks the front turn signal bulb was burnt out, do you know why the back 1 dosent want to work normally?

wssix99

iTrader: (5)

You have a thermal flasher in the car that requires a certain amount of current going through the system so it will heat up and "flash." When a bulb is burned out, not enough current goes through to make the flasher flash.

The technology is primitive but it has the advantage of letting you know right away when you have a bulb problem. If it flashed, you could drive for years and not know you had a bulb out.

By the same token, you may see people on the road who's flasher blinks really really fast. These people have a wrong bulb installed, which pulls too much current.