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Old Jul 20, 2015 | 05:41 PM
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Frozen turn signal...

I've noticed that my turn signal is frozen when I flip the turn signal arm. Its only frozen for a right hand turn; the turn signal seems fine for a left turn. The other part, is rather curious, when I turn on my parking/driving lights and when I turn on my headlights, the same turn signal (for a right turn) comes on. And it will stay on until i activate my hazards, which don't turn on at all. So, how would I go about fixing these three problems. The car is a '87 Pontiac Firebird Formula. Another thing, I just replaced the battery, I don't know if that will help.
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Old Jul 20, 2015 | 06:21 PM
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Re: Frozen turn signal...

1. You have a bulb out on the right side of the car

2. You have a bulb not in the socket right, such that the contacts of the bulb are touching both the park filament contact and the TS one, or the socket or wiring itself is damaged (but see my signature for a hint as to where to look first)... not impossible that #1 and #2 are one and the same physical fault

3. Your hazard flasher is probably missing

My signature is a wonderful help for zeroing in on this sort of thing. 99% of the time, the really really really simple stupid stuff (like somebody putting a bulb in a socket wrong or leaving out a part) is where you'll find the problem, long before you have to investigate alien abduction or poltergeist intervention or the like.
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