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Anonymous Posted on Dec 26, 2011

Rear turn signal does not work

The turn signal arrows on the dash board stay dimly lit all the time. I get the fast clicking sound when I use the right rear turn signal but only when the headlights are on and I have my foot on the brake pedal. there are four bulbs in the rear fixture and they all appear to be working. I can't figure out which one is bad

  • Anonymous Dec 27, 2011

    Check your relays as well

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If the indicators on the dash are staying lit all the time, it is because you likely have a bad ground to one of your running lights, causing the running lights to ground through the turn signal circuits. This is often caused by either a bad socket assembly at one of the bulbs or an incorrect bulb is installed in one of the sockets. You need to check FRONT and REAR lights to see which one is not working correctly. Also check the running lights and marker lights on BOTH sides of the vehicle. There will be SOMETHING that will not look the same from one side to the other if the left side is working correctly and the right side is not. Please keep in mind that you cannot use the right REAR turn signal without also using the right FRONT turn signal. The problem could be at EITHER end.

  • Anonymous Dec 27, 2011

    Thank you very much for your help. T.C.

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  • Posted on Mar 17, 2009

SOURCE: 1999 nissan sentra gxe headlight problem

do you have the right light bulb? i own a 98 sentre and
it takes a 9004 bulb, but walmarts computer said to use 9007. That made the high beam censor stay on till i replaced it. if you look at the bulb you can tell if it is a dual or single beam bulb.!!!!

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  • Posted on Apr 24, 2009

SOURCE: Driver side signals only work when headlights are OFF

What may have happened is either the headlights wiring or the parking lights wiring somewhere along the wiring fused to the left turn signals wiring. Depending on if the turn signals go on when you put the parking lights on or the headlights on.

If the signals come on when you turn on the headlights than you only need to locate the light green wire that comes off the left turn signal harness.

Next follow that wire the entire way back to the firewall looking for another wire fused to that wire as you go.

If there are no signs of this you need to continue looking on the other side of the firewall all the way back to the turn signal and hazard flasher unit which is a black box that connects to a black harness located next to a grey harness behind the knee bolster.

But if the signals come on when you turn on the parking lights than you will also need to check the wiring from the rear left signal and follow that light green wire all the way back to the turn signal and hazard flasher unit.

This should fix your problem, but if not than your problem may lay within the the wiring between the turn signal/hazard switches and the turn signal and hazard flasher unit.

Also you may have a burnt circuit in the junction block. This block is where the light green from the rear left signal and front left signal meet. Don't have a description but if you cannot find it let me know and I will go out to the yard and look myself and let you know.

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  • Posted on Mar 29, 2009

SOURCE: dim headlights

did you check your fuese under the hood al so check were your light plug in you may have a broken wire

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  • Posted on Nov 08, 2009

SOURCE: On dim all four headlights are on, but the inner

first i would want to know that all the headlamps are in good working order. it kind of sounds like these are also bad bulbs. you will also need to look for good ground wires just behind the headlamp assemblies. to answere your question, YES. if things were not repaired properly and without attention to detail then you could have wiring issues. on the plus side it doesnt sound too difficult. try these items first.

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  • Posted on Feb 06, 2010

SOURCE: I have a 98 chev cavalier z24. Both indicator

sounds like the wrong bulbs were installed in the front blinkers

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