Bad turn signal switch?
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Bad turn signal switch?
Have been working on diagnosing my right rear taillight and turn signal. The green wire that powers them doesn’t get power to it. I’ve checked the plug near the back bumper and the green wire doesn’t get any power to it on the front side of the plug.
Someone suggested awhile back the problem may be my turn signal switch. Looking in my haynes manual it seems like the green wire I have been checking comes directly from the turn signal switch plug on the steering column.
Assuming i probe the green wire for power under the dash and it’s still not getting any would that mean it’s my turn signal switch? Or do I have anything else to check? I don’t think the wire has become frayed or been cut since it just stopped working all of a sudden.
Im assuming the only way to check the wire for power under the dash is to have everything plugged in and just to probe the wire somewhere inconspicuous on the correct side of the plug.
Someone suggested awhile back the problem may be my turn signal switch. Looking in my haynes manual it seems like the green wire I have been checking comes directly from the turn signal switch plug on the steering column.
Assuming i probe the green wire for power under the dash and it’s still not getting any would that mean it’s my turn signal switch? Or do I have anything else to check? I don’t think the wire has become frayed or been cut since it just stopped working all of a sudden.
Im assuming the only way to check the wire for power under the dash is to have everything plugged in and just to probe the wire somewhere inconspicuous on the correct side of the plug.
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And though I don’t think it’s necessarily the worst way to proceed, wouldn’t it be better to have just added this to your existing thread?
That way anybody coming in to read it would also be able to see what you’ve gone through to diagnose it so far.
Seems like since it’s completely related, it would be good for that thread as well.
In this case since you’ve already started this, you might as well continue it here. But once you get the problem all sorted out, go back to your other thread and cap off with whatever the fix was.
Thanks
That way anybody coming in to read it would also be able to see what you’ve gone through to diagnose it so far.
Seems like since it’s completely related, it would be good for that thread as well.
In this case since you’ve already started this, you might as well continue it here. But once you get the problem all sorted out, go back to your other thread and cap off with whatever the fix was.
Thanks
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I had a problem similar, mine was the back up lights. There are four wires in a bundle go back past the gas tank, left, right, tail, BU lights. Just the four in the wrap. All had current when supposed to in front of the tank over the rear axle, but BU feed was dead after the tank at the exit hole in the rear frame crossmember. I cut the plug off, leaving me some wire for splicing back. Pulled wire bundle through hole in front of tank, there is where I found teeth marks and chewed wire wrap and chewed through BU light wire (black w/red) ... I pushed wire back into the tank abyss area, pulled it into view under tank. I added wire I had added at the plug, fed it through the rear, respliced colors, wrapped each piece of shrink wrap and the bundle as one with 3M Super 33 tape and a piece of plastic 1/2" split loom long enough to exit the frame at both ends. Tucked it back up beside the tank. Hoping rodents do not like Super 33 or plastic loom. I twist and solder my splices that are staggered so no huge knots.
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