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General TR Green Turn Signal Dash Indicator
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Have you checked the bulb?
Do the signals also do the one blink, then nothing?
Mine had a similar habit, but not consistently. Right signal flashed just fine, left signal would start the day flashing fine then by the 3rd-4th attempt (not the 3rd-4th flash, but 3rd-4th turn) it would do one flash then nothing. In my case, the bulb in the front signal was making very poor contact in the socket. A little wiggle and it has been working fine for a few months.
If the signals flash but the dash indicator is dark, then it's either the bulb, the socket, or the connection between the two. New bulbs can be bad out of the box. But since the bulb was just replaced I'd be checking the connection first. Could the new bulb be just a hair too short to reach the bottom contact in the socket?
Mine had a similar habit, but not consistently. Right signal flashed just fine, left signal would start the day flashing fine then by the 3rd-4th attempt (not the 3rd-4th flash, but 3rd-4th turn) it would do one flash then nothing. In my case, the bulb in the front signal was making very poor contact in the socket. A little wiggle and it has been working fine for a few months.
If the signals flash but the dash indicator is dark, then it's either the bulb, the socket, or the connection between the two. New bulbs can be bad out of the box. But since the bulb was just replaced I'd be checking the connection first. Could the new bulb be just a hair too short to reach the bottom contact in the socket?
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Per the wiring diagram, if the lights themselves are flashing, it looks like the flasher would be the the culprit. The flasher provides on/off power to all six bulbs via one pin, and on/off power to the dashboard bulb via a separate pin.
If that’s the case, I’m not sure why the flasher units keep dying?
From http://www.advanceautowire.com/tr24a.pdf:
If that’s the case, I’m not sure why the flasher units keep dying?
From http://www.advanceautowire.com/tr24a.pdf:
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I'm gonna guess a bad connection at the socket. It might just be that the flasher seems to fail, then you replace it, and the new one works because disturbing the connection fixed it awhile. But, yes, it seems unlikely that it could be anything but the flasher, the socket, or wiring to the bulb.
I think you might find the problem by jiggling all the connections and see if moving one fixes it.
I think you might find the problem by jiggling all the connections and see if moving one fixes it.
