turn signal
Im begging for some help ASAP!!! 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
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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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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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.
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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Originally Posted by goodrich969
well when i try and use my left turn signal it jus turns green but it dosent tick
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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Originally Posted by dogger
they do go bad I've replaced them on several car's
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.