Duplicate Post - Blinker Problems on 94 SLS
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Duplicate Post - Blinker Problems on 94 SLS
When I originally posted this I was under the impression that I was in this forum, but it popped up deep in the model area. So here it is here also/again. Moderators if one needs to be removed please remove the lower profile posting. Thank you and my apologies.
On my Lincolns when the blinker flashed fast a bulb was out. Well that is what is happening on the right side of my SLS. Even though the Owners Manual says that the lights will go on an stay on. The left side works as it should. But after a couple of minutes all the signals come on and stay on for both sides. The only way to reset them is to turn the car off. The Hazard Lights work fine. I looked around and found a bad bulb in the rear right fender assy and replaced it. But nothing has changed. In investigating I see that in the new bulb the wrong filament is illuminating and is dimmer than the rest. I swapped it with the bulb to the left that works properly in its original socket, but the same thing is happening the wrong filament also lights. And when running the hazards the new bulb which is stated to be an OEM replacement flashes dimmer than the rest and it's a new Sylvania Long Life Wonder bulb.
I pray that there is someone out there with wisdom on this and that it is very simple. I'm thinking a bad/crossed wire? Anyway . . . .
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!
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UPDATE:
I took apart the lens and wiring harness and found that by the ground ring in the socket in question, it's a bit brown on the connection side. All connections work from terminal to terminal except the ground of the one socket. The wire up to where it goes into the socket is fine and conducts. So now how to fix the socket?
UPDATE (Part 2):
I took the blue retaining clip off and got a good hold of the ground wire and pulled out the assy. The metal connector was corroded a tad and the contact inside. So I cleaned them both with steel wool, bent the prong on the wire assy out to make more/new contact when reinserted and push the assy until the three rubber fins just fit. Then reinstalled the blue stress clip and all is great.
On my Lincolns when the blinker flashed fast a bulb was out. Well that is what is happening on the right side of my SLS. Even though the Owners Manual says that the lights will go on an stay on. The left side works as it should. But after a couple of minutes all the signals come on and stay on for both sides. The only way to reset them is to turn the car off. The Hazard Lights work fine. I looked around and found a bad bulb in the rear right fender assy and replaced it. But nothing has changed. In investigating I see that in the new bulb the wrong filament is illuminating and is dimmer than the rest. I swapped it with the bulb to the left that works properly in its original socket, but the same thing is happening the wrong filament also lights. And when running the hazards the new bulb which is stated to be an OEM replacement flashes dimmer than the rest and it's a new Sylvania Long Life Wonder bulb.
I pray that there is someone out there with wisdom on this and that it is very simple. I'm thinking a bad/crossed wire? Anyway . . . .
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!
. . . fb
UPDATE:
I took apart the lens and wiring harness and found that by the ground ring in the socket in question, it's a bit brown on the connection side. All connections work from terminal to terminal except the ground of the one socket. The wire up to where it goes into the socket is fine and conducts. So now how to fix the socket?
UPDATE (Part 2):
I took the blue retaining clip off and got a good hold of the ground wire and pulled out the assy. The metal connector was corroded a tad and the contact inside. So I cleaned them both with steel wool, bent the prong on the wire assy out to make more/new contact when reinserted and push the assy until the three rubber fins just fit. Then reinstalled the blue stress clip and all is great.
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