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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 06:32 PM
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I have a 96 Trans Am can someone please tell me were ther turn signal device goes, Ive heard it goes under the passenger side and ive heard it goes under the drive side and then ive heard it goes in a fusebox. Im begging for some help, Thanks
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 06:47 PM
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the round fuse that controls the turn signals?? its under the dash on the drivers side its a silver round plug thingy, i had to change mine awhile back and its a easy fix.
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otherwise the box that controls the DRLs is behind the radio on the right with two plugs going into it.
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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hm can you tell me where the silver round pulg thing is approximently, cuz i was lookin and i have no idea
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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Yeah i definatly cant find it
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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i think its under the steering wheel panel to the right its clipped onto the black metal under there, its a silver cylinder looking thing you cant miss it. are your turn signals not working?? is that why you are looking for this??
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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You might only be able to see the red plug. It is clipped right under the radio and is hard to see the cylinder. It is MUCH easier than you might think. The hardest part is taking the cover off from under the steering wheel and finding the plug. I expected to have to pull the whole dash out but after replacing mine 3 times in the past year ...
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Ok so its right behind the radio, So ill need to take off the peice under the steering wheel. And its behind the radio. OR like right under the radio?
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Remove the knee panel under the steering column and you will find the flasher clipped to the inside of the dash on the right side of the opening created by removing the knee panel. It's very close to the edge of the opening and so is between there and the radio (really not that close to the radio at all).

If it's not totally dead (almost never happens) then the easiest way to find it is turn on the ignition and the turn signal and follow the clicking noise. Don't use the hazard flashers because they run off a different flasher that is mounted on the other side of the opening.

Why are you replacing the flasher? They seldom are the cause of turn signal problems. In fact, I know of classic muscle cars 40 years old that still have the original flasher. There's really not much that can go wrong with them.
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well when i try and use my left turn signal it jus turns green but it dosent tick
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they do go bad I've replaced them on several car's
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Not to state the obvious but when a turn signal stays on and doesn't tick that usual means that a bulb is bad.
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well when i try and use my left turn signal it jus turns green but it dosent tick
The problem is not your flasher. Both sides use the same flasher so if one side works but the other doesn't, it can't possibly be the flasher. What you have is a bulb burned out on the side that doesn't flash. Turn on the hazard flashers and walk around the car looking for the one that doesn't flash and replace that bulb.

It can also be a corroded socket (especially on the front of our cars) causing a bulb not to work but replace the bulb first - it's cheaper and easier.
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they do go bad I've replaced them on several car's
Yes, like any part they can occasionally fail. But most of the time people replace them when they don't need to (see post above). Flashers really are very reliable because the design is so simple and there is very little that can go wrong with them. Never replace one unless both side turn signals stop working.

I know of several people who claim that replacing the flasher solved a "one side doesn't flash" problem. These have always been cases where they substituted an electronic (or light duty) flasher for the original so that it would flash even with a bulb burned out. They didn't solve the real problem - they just covered it up.
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