Turn signals not flashing, 71 Cutlass S
March 27th, 2010, 10:42 AM
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Turn signals not flashing, 71 Cutlass S
All,
Just drove my Cutlass round the neighborhood to test everything. it was shifting ok, backfired a lot at first but once I drove her about 3 miles that cleared up. The guy is coming to fix the brakes at 4. Only thing I ran into are 2 issues:
#1 My turn signals come on, but don't flash when I turn them on. I can turn on the hazards and all lights blink correctly. But if I turn on the left or right turn signal indicator, the lights on whichever side I turned on just stay on. My front turn signals, front markers, rear turn signals, and the dash indicator all come on but they don;t flash.
#2 No brake lights. When I turn the headlights on I think the brake signal light on the passenger side lower part came on but the lower part on the drivers side did not. Ill have to double check this though. I was thinking of checking the brake pedal switch to make sure it had 12V but I am not sure which wire on there is supposed to have it?
Any help is appreciated, thanks
paul
Just drove my Cutlass round the neighborhood to test everything. it was shifting ok, backfired a lot at first but once I drove her about 3 miles that cleared up. The guy is coming to fix the brakes at 4. Only thing I ran into are 2 issues:
#1 My turn signals come on, but don't flash when I turn them on. I can turn on the hazards and all lights blink correctly. But if I turn on the left or right turn signal indicator, the lights on whichever side I turned on just stay on. My front turn signals, front markers, rear turn signals, and the dash indicator all come on but they don;t flash.
#2 No brake lights. When I turn the headlights on I think the brake signal light on the passenger side lower part came on but the lower part on the drivers side did not. Ill have to double check this though. I was thinking of checking the brake pedal switch to make sure it had 12V but I am not sure which wire on there is supposed to have it?
Any help is appreciated, thanks
paul
March 27th, 2010, 05:49 PM
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First thing I'd check is make sure all your bulbs are good, If so check your flasher relay switch. Not sure on Cutlass but mine is plugged into fuse box. Brake light I dont know. Good luck.
March 27th, 2010, 06:47 PM
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All,
Just drove my Cutlass round the neighborhood to test everything. it was shifting ok, backfired a lot at first but once I drove her about 3 miles that cleared up. The guy is coming to fix the brakes at 4. Only thing I ran into are 2 issues:
#1 My turn signals come on, but don't flash when I turn them on. I can turn on the hazards and all lights blink correctly. But if I turn on the left or right turn signal indicator, the lights on whichever side I turned on just stay on. My front turn signals, front markers, rear turn signals, and the dash indicator all come on but they don;t flash.
#2 No brake lights. When I turn the headlights on I think the brake signal light on the passenger side lower part came on but the lower part on the drivers side did not. Ill have to double check this though. I was thinking of checking the brake pedal switch to make sure it had 12V but I am not sure which wire on there is supposed to have it?
Any help is appreciated, thanks
paul
Just drove my Cutlass round the neighborhood to test everything. it was shifting ok, backfired a lot at first but once I drove her about 3 miles that cleared up. The guy is coming to fix the brakes at 4. Only thing I ran into are 2 issues:
#1 My turn signals come on, but don't flash when I turn them on. I can turn on the hazards and all lights blink correctly. But if I turn on the left or right turn signal indicator, the lights on whichever side I turned on just stay on. My front turn signals, front markers, rear turn signals, and the dash indicator all come on but they don;t flash.
#2 No brake lights. When I turn the headlights on I think the brake signal light on the passenger side lower part came on but the lower part on the drivers side did not. Ill have to double check this though. I was thinking of checking the brake pedal switch to make sure it had 12V but I am not sure which wire on there is supposed to have it?
Any help is appreciated, thanks
paul
Still no turn signals. Im thinking its the flasher since all the lights come on when I engage the turn signal but they don't flash. When I turn on the hazards all lights blink fine
paul
March 27th, 2010, 07:43 PM
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March 27th, 2010, 08:38 PM
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My 72 Cutlass has the flasher (safety Hazards ) unit pluged into the top left of the fuse box and the turn signal flasher under the dash left of steering column like bluevistas.
Since both sides dont blink and if your safety hazards blink I would think it is your turn signal flasher fuse that is bad.
On my car the rear side marker lights do not blink , The same filament on the bulb as the brake light (there are 2 filaments on each rear tail light bulb) is the only one that will blink.So if you have brake lights at least your rear bulbs are good.
Since both sides dont blink and if your safety hazards blink I would think it is your turn signal flasher fuse that is bad.
On my car the rear side marker lights do not blink , The same filament on the bulb as the brake light (there are 2 filaments on each rear tail light bulb) is the only one that will blink.So if you have brake lights at least your rear bulbs are good.
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