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Old May 10, 2012 | 03:34 PM
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Car: 1991 GTA Trans AM
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Turn Signals are on, but down flash

One day i was racing and by mistake i put my turn signal on to get off the track. As im leaving the race track after a day of racing, my buddy pulls up beside me and tells me that my turn signals are not flashing, the lights turn on, but dont flash. Ive check all the fuses and they are good. I am thinking that the relay has gone south, but im not sure. What do you guys think, and where would the relay be? Car is a 1991 GTA Trans AM
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Old May 10, 2012 | 03:53 PM
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Re: Turn Signals are on, but down flash

There are two small shiny little tin can looking things under the dash up near the fuse box or around the column. One is for turn signals, the other for emergency flashers. They make them blink. One probably needs replacing
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Old May 13, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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Re: Turn Signals are on, but down flash

Yep sounds like your flasher has went bad, do your hazards work?
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Old May 14, 2012 | 11:52 AM
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Re: Turn Signals are on, but down flash

had the same issue and it was the flasher
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Old May 14, 2012 | 12:07 PM
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Re: Turn Signals are on, but down flash

It can also be a shorted filiment in the bulb itself. I just changed one last week for the same reason.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 03:30 AM
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Car: 1991 GTA Trans AM
Engine: 305 TPI V8
Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic (700-R4)
Axle/Gears: 3.23
Re: Turn Signals are on, but down flash

my hazards work fine. i was thinking it was the flasher, but i hoped into the car one day, which the time before it wasnt flashing, i put my turn signal one, and they
start working. And it has happened twice or maybe three times where it will stop flashing and then start flashing again.
Im starting to think that my steering coloum is the problem, the high beams will be stuck on (because the rod is too short i think), the cruze doesnt work and my tilt is starting to get slopy.
maybe its time to put a non-air bag wheel and coloum in the car
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