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YOUR RESEARCHI'm on the blink...fast driver's side
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Clean off a dirty/corroded connection
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They fixed it finally by cleaning off a dirty/corroded connection. Problem solved x 3 months or so.
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Had a similar symptom in my 02 Boxster and it turned out to be a corroded bulb in a rear taillight housing.
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Tech replaced the bulb and cleaned away the corrosion (not sure where it came from since there didn't appear to be any leaks) and it has been fine ever since.
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Tech replaced the bulb and cleaned away the corrosion (not sure where it came from since there didn't appear to be any leaks) and it has been fine ever since.
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Tech replaced the bulb and cleaned away the corrosion (not sure where it came from since there didn't appear to be any leaks) and it has been fine ever since.
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Assuming this is your problem also, the dealer may just bend the tab and leave the burned socket, or they may replace the socket with a new one...I doubt they would "repair" the existing socket, but they might do if they didn't have a new socket in stock.
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I had a similar problem, bought a new bulb and still did not work.
Front driver's side front blinker is not working. Getting the fast blink. Side marker, headlights, and rear blinker okay.
I've read a few threads on this and it sounds like it could be the headlamp. Hopefully this is covered by CPO. It's going in next week.
Had a similar symptom in my 02 Boxster and it turned out to be a corroded bulb in a rear taillight housing. Tech replaced the bulb and cleaned away the corrosion (not sure where it came from since there didn't appear to be any leaks) and it has been fine ever since.
In your car's case, the problem might be covered by CPO. Depends upon what's wrong. A bad bulb or corrosion maybe not. But a bad blinker relay?.. Could be. Worth a shot. In my car's case the bulb and corrosion were taken care of while the car was in for something else. I think I paid for the bulb but the tech's labor (just a few minutes he told me) was goodwilled to me.
Sincerely,
Macster.
Does CPO cover bulbs? I assumed it didn't and just replaced a parking light bulb.
Oh well. The bulb was about $2 and it took 15 minutes. I would have spent $10 in gas and wasted half a day taking it to the dealership.
see now the filing and cleaning the connectors is the part the CPO should take care of, yea you have to cough up $2 for a bulb, but if the socket is messed up, they will fix it ???right???
I had a similar problem, bought a new bulb and still did not work. The contacts were like new, ended up taking to my indy and he reinstalled the old bulb and it worked. Must have came a little loose somehow and I just don't have the touch. Now I have an extra bulb.
I was thinking it could be more than the bulb. I'll check on the replacement of the blinker bulb...probably not as easy as the side marker bulb.
You all must think I'm lazy!!! I can change my own suspension, brakes, exhaust but can't replace a simple bulb. I'll check the manual to see how to get at the blinker bulb.
Back to work.
Just checked the bulb. Looked intact, but I switched with the other side to see.
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sides worked with no new bulbs. I suspected it was something else since it has been intermittent.
Sound like the contact just needed to be reseated. I had that with a backup light last week. I just pulled the bulb and put it back in with a dab of electrical grease.
I think I will do that with all the bulbs this weekend.
They were fine as reconnecting with existing bulbs then during a drive it started fast blinking. No more than 3 minutes later it was normal. Strange that it's this intermittent.
What other part(s) could be faulty?
I had this with my car as well: the front driver's side blinker would work at times and then not at other times. When if first started blinking fast I thought it was a bulb and bought a new bulb, then miraculously it started working again. Then stopped and began working only intermittently I had it at the dealer for something and they took a look and felt that it was fixed after removing and replacing the light assembly on that side. The problem came back and I took it back to them. They fixed it finally by cleaning off a dirty/corroded connection. Problem solved x 3 months or so.
The bulbs are cheap, if you don't want the fancy grey ones, so now I have some extras.
Right - I had a good hard look at this some months ago and fixed it good. Long story short, the setup is too clever for it's own good and the electrical conection is tenuous at best.
The socket twists out of the headlight housing. The bulb goes into the socket.
The socket has two thin blades sticking out of it perpendicular to the bulb, they only protrude about 1mm.
When the socket is twisted into the headlight housing, the blades make contact with two metal spring tabs in the headlight housing. These tabs carry the juice to and from the light bulb.
In my case, one of these thin metal blades was barely making contact with it's spring tab. Over the years the connection had arced badly and the blade had a pit burned in to it right down to the level of the socket.
I had to file away the plastic socket to expose more blade, then file the blade down level. Then I bent the tab in the headlight housing so that it made good contact with the blade. Problem solved.
$0 fix, maybe a half hour of labour.
Assuming this is your problem also, the dealer may just bend the tab and leave the burned socket, or they may replace the socket with a new one...I doubt they would "repair" the existing socket, but they might do if they didn't have a new socket in stock.
They should of course do both, bend the tab and replace the socket...and check the other side while they're at it.
Despite the warranty dude, I'd fix it myself.
I personally have no faith that people repairing my car either know what they are doing or will take the time to figure out the root cause of a problem.
Of course there are good technicians out there, it's just that you have no idea if one of them is working on your car or not.
Fast turn signal is also a symptom of a loose headlight assembly. Double-check to make sure it's aligned properly and in securely. Take it out and put it back in if you need to.
Last time I had these symptoms, I ignored it for a few days assuming I just needed a new bulb, but then stomped pretty on my brakes hard at one point and my car stopped... but the left headlight kept right on going! I'm told it's not an uncommon sight during GT3 racing.
Thanks for the details. One of the socket blades was in fact arced a little. I sanded it off in about 4 seconds, bent the springs in just a touch and it seems to be fine now. Hopefully the sanding of the blade clean is all it was.
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