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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

everytime i turn my lights on my dash my right turning signal light comes on with it. and but when i turn the turning signal to go right the light wont come on outside of the caR.

how do i fix this
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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Re: 87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

Have you checked to see if maybe you have a bulb burned out?
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Re: 87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

would that make the light inside of my car stay on?
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 07:22 AM
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Re: 87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

Originally Posted by jaybdaboat
everytime i turn my lights on my dash my right turning signal light comes on with it. and but when i turn the turning signal to go right the light wont come on outside of the caR.

how do i fix this
not picking on you or anything but i have an 87 camaro with a v6 and my trans is a 200r4 not a 700r4.
as far as the turn signal problem it sounds like there is a short in your harness. maybe someone had done something to it before you got the car. i would check the bulbs first but it sounds like it is more than just a bulb. also maybe the cluster is shorting out just things to check.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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Re: 87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

check your relay aswell
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 01:24 PM
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Re: 87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

when that happened to me, it was that seperate wire on the front turn signal plug. Mine you can pull out and look at it, i forget why, but i just remember that my problem was up there.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Re: 87 firebird with unusal turning signal problem

i do have a 700r4 they come stock on this model.


and i figured out the problem it was my car telling me my alt was going out.
cuz eventually it did go out, replaced it and the problems gone
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