blinker/drl issue! help please
08-10-2009, 02:33 AM
#1
blinker/drl issue! help please ok, so i have a problem with my passenger side front blinker and drl.
ok, so during the day without the drl on; the pass blinker doesn't work, but only on the front, and on the dash the arrow is much dimmer than the other.
now, during night with the drl on; the pass front blinker still does not work, but the blinker stays lit in both filaments, like the blinker is lighting up, but not blinking, and on the dash though, the arrow for that side is not lighting up at all.
both left and right back blinkers and brake lights work fine along with the drivers side front drl/blinker, and both rear side maker lights work, but not the passenger side front blinker/drl.
I've checked the bulbs, and replaced both the pass side front blinker bulb and drl bulb, and it has not fixed anything.
the only thing i have not checked to see if they work are the rear 3rd brake light.
help?
ok, so during the day without the drl on; the pass blinker doesn't work, but only on the front, and on the dash the arrow is much dimmer than the other.
now, during night with the drl on; the pass front blinker still does not work, but the blinker stays lit in both filaments, like the blinker is lighting up, but not blinking, and on the dash though, the arrow for that side is not lighting up at all.
both left and right back blinkers and brake lights work fine along with the drivers side front drl/blinker, and both rear side maker lights work, but not the passenger side front blinker/drl.
I've checked the bulbs, and replaced both the pass side front blinker bulb and drl bulb, and it has not fixed anything.
the only thing i have not checked to see if they work are the rear 3rd brake light.
help?
08-10-2009, 07:55 AM
#2
ok, so i have a problem with my passenger side front blinker and drl.
ok, so during the day without the drl on; the pass blinker doesn't work, but only on the front, and on the dash the arrow is much dimmer than the other.
now, during night with the drl on; the pass front blinker still does not work, but the blinker stays lit in both filaments, like the blinker is lighting up, but not blinking, and on the dash though, the arrow for that side is not lighting up at all.
both left and right back blinkers and brake lights work fine along with the drivers side front drl/blinker, and both rear side maker lights work, but not the passenger side front blinker/drl.
I've checked the bulbs, and replaced both the pass side front blinker bulb and drl bulb, and it has not fixed anything.
the only thing i have not checked to see if they work are the rear 3rd brake light.
help?
ok, so during the day without the drl on; the pass blinker doesn't work, but only on the front, and on the dash the arrow is much dimmer than the other.
now, during night with the drl on; the pass front blinker still does not work, but the blinker stays lit in both filaments, like the blinker is lighting up, but not blinking, and on the dash though, the arrow for that side is not lighting up at all.
both left and right back blinkers and brake lights work fine along with the drivers side front drl/blinker, and both rear side maker lights work, but not the passenger side front blinker/drl.
I've checked the bulbs, and replaced both the pass side front blinker bulb and drl bulb, and it has not fixed anything.
the only thing i have not checked to see if they work are the rear 3rd brake light.
help?
The DRLs and the turn signals are the SAME bulb. How could you replace them as separate bulbs?
Perhaps you could clarify which bulbs you're referirng to. If it is the turn signal/DRL bulb then the first thing to check is corrosion in the socket. The front lamp housings tend to collect water and it causes serious corrosion in the sockets.
08-10-2009, 01:12 PM
#4
Okay, check the wiring on your new socket. It sounds like the ground wire isn't connected properly. When dual filament bulbs like the running/turn signal/DRL bulb on the front don't have a good ground, current will backfeed from one filament through the other. This causes all kinds of weird lighting symptoms such as dim illumination and going dark when you turn them both on.
