| Subject: | Re: turn signal indicator weirdness |
| From: | David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> |
| Date: | Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:36:18 -0500 |
At 06:06 AM 11/15/2010 -0800, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>Okay, when the high beam indicator stopped working a few months ago
>I replaced the bulb and that fixed it. When the turn signal
>indicator on the dash stopped working a few weeks back I figured it
>was the bulb also and would eventually replace it as well.
LED, not bulb. Hardly ever fail except by violence.
> However, over the weekend I had occasion to use the four-way
> flashers and the bulb for the signals worked for that, but does not
> when used simply for a left or right turn.
>
>I honestly can't recall if before the failure the bulb did actually
>work for the four-ways,
It did.
> but it does now in addition to the four-way switch lighting
> up. Interestingly, the bulb lights for the four-way when the key
> is off but not when the key is on.
Good clue.
> Turn signals, of course, only work with the key on but the bulb
> does not work for them. Signal lights at all four corners work
> when they're supposed to for both the flashers and the signals. What gives?
Ah, Watson -- this looks like a three-pipe problem. I'll get back to you.
Yours,
d