No Turns signals

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Yesterday I noticed the turn indicator light was going faster than normal. And then today no blinker or indicator or clicking noise at all.

The fuse is good.

Not sure why they would all fail at once.....?

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Flasher may have quit on you. Not sure how your truck is set up but if it has two flashers one for the 4 ways and one for the turn signals you could try switching them to see if ones shot.
 

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check the bulbs. usually, if they start flashing quickly, it's a bad bulb causing an open circuit. could be corrosion in the sockets, too.
 

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check the bulbs. usually, if they start flashing quickly, it's a bad bulb causing an open circuit. could be corrosion in the sockets, too.

Would that cause a complete turn signal failure though? None of my signals work. The brake lights still come on so I know that the bulbs are good....

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Would that cause a complete turn signal failure though? None of my signals work. The brake lights still come on so I know that the bulbs are good....

Thad

Prolly is a bad flasher, but the turn signal, and brake light filaments are completely different circuits. Just because the brake lights come on means nothing to the turn signal filament.
 

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Bad Flasher? How would I check on this? Not sure what exactly the flasher is? The circuitry or the bulbs?

I am not inclined to work on electric stuff....I hate it....so dumb it down for me with directions....please!

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Just went and checked the Emergency Flashers and they all work. Not sure where the issue is. Could it be in the Turn Switch on the column? Not sure what to check.

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I too will go with the flasher controller unit. If it goes then none of the turn signals will work. It's a little silver, usually, canister, usually cylindrical, maybe an inch + diameter and maybe two inches long. It's under the dash somewhere. They're generally not to hard to find. It's a plug in unit. Wobble it out and change it out for a new one. I use a heavy duty flasher because it also controls the cabover camper I carry, thus giving me extra lights to flash. The 4 ways may have a dedicated flasher, all their own, as a safety measure. So, there may be two flasher controllers under there. They're probable, maybe, identical. If so, switch them and see the results.
 

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I believe the flasher is in the fuse block behind the dash. Pull off the fuse panel cover on the front of the dash. The flasher is the only round item there. Remove it and install a heavy duty flasher. They make electronic units that last a long time, but they are a tad noisy. I don't forget my flashers are on. The emergency flasher is located on the fuse block, too. It is on the back side. The two flashers are interchangeable. Good luck.
 

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Prolly is a bad flasher, but the turn signal, and brake light filaments are completely different circuits. Just because the brake lights come on means nothing to the turn signal filament.

The turn signal filament and the brake light filament are the same on the bulbs. Maybe different circuit but the circuit meets at the bulb filament using the same filament for the turn and brake.

That is why if making a right hand turn with your right hand turn signal on the brake light on the left is steady red and the right is blinking. The opposite way would work for a left turn signal.

The above is based on having a truck with a single tail light and not those yellow amber lights on the back of the truck of which were not used on our year trucks unless you have an ambulance like mine where in fact the ambulance manufacturer split the turn signals from the brake lights using separate turn signals in the back and cutting one wire on the steering column harness to divert that wire directly to the brake lights.

Sound confusing? It is sort of.
 

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OK, I switched the two Fuses/resistors or whatever they are and now my turn indicators work. I will replace the flasher one tomorrow.

Thanks. Again what would I do without this wealth of knowledge!!!???

Thad
 
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