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09-03-2009, 11:56 AM
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I drive a 1993 Mercury Topaz, and the left turn signal doesnt work properly. The arrow light comes up on the dash, but there is no clicking noise and the exterior light just stays solid. Im guessing its the fuse? I have no clue.
Anyone know how I can fix it?
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09-03-2009, 11:58 AM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Check your blinker fluid. |
09-03-2009, 12:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Yuma, Az | | | The blinking of your turn signal is controlled by a relay; go to an auto parts store, tell them you need a blinker relay for your '93 Topaz, and then ask them where to install it. It's a pull out the old part and plug in the new one type installation, kind of like a giant fuse.
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09-03-2009, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Gress Check your blinker fluid. | LMAO! pretty funny indeed smart arse 
my suggestion to the OP is to replace the relay for that signal which should be in one of the fuse boxes
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09-03-2009, 12:06 PM
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09-03-2009, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Gress Check your blinker fluid. | This. Actually, it's the time of year that you might want to put the winter fluid in.
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09-03-2009, 12:11 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by wabbit LMAO! pretty funny indeed smart arse | Who me? Nah. Never. Quote:
Originally Posted by WalterBush The blinking of your turn signal is controlled by a relay; go to an auto parts store, tell them you need a blinker relay for your '93 Topaz, and then ask them where to install it. It's a pull out the old part and plug in the new one type installation, kind of like a giant fuse. |
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09-03-2009, 12:11 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | | Had the same problem with my '93 Sunbird. Checked all the fuses: nothing. Figured it was the relay stuck shut. This happened in winter, and as soon as summer hit BAM, relay works again LOL |
09-03-2009, 12:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | It probably is a bulb blown. |
09-03-2009, 12:13 PM
| | | | Silly people...don't you own cars? When ONE of the lights controlled by the blinker is burnt out, then the resistance is changed and the relay doesn't click.
IOW, when it doesn't blink, it means a bulb is out! Put the blinker on, and, with the car in park, get out and check. |
09-03-2009, 12:16 PM
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If that doesn't pan out, go to the auto parts place and ask for the blinker fluid.
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09-03-2009, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | "Is the blinker working?"
"wait.....YES, NO, YES, NO, YES, NO..... |
09-03-2009, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DeluxeRed Silly people...don't you own cars? When ONE of the lights controlled by the blinker is burnt out, then the resistance is changed and the relay doesn't click.
IOW, when it doesn't blink, it means a bulb is out! Put the blinker on, and, with the car in park, get out and check. | In my car, and lots of other models, only one light out means the resistance changes, and the relay clicks faster. A blinker stuck 'on' means that the relay is dead. A blinker that fails to function completely is a fuse out or both bulbs out.
My Mercury Cougar blinks faster with a bulb out, and so does the Topaz, IIRC. I could be wrong, it's been 15 years since I last drove one.
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09-03-2009, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Stinsok "Is the blinker working?"
"wait.....YES, NO, YES, NO, YES, NO..... | LOL I love it 
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09-03-2009, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WalterBush In my car, and lots of other models, only one light out means the resistance changes, and the relay clicks faster. A blinker stuck 'on' means that the relay is dead. A blinker that fails to function completely is a fuse out or both bulbs out. | +1.
I'd say relay.
AutoZone online used to have pretty good repair info, I presume they still do. You might see if they have directions for replacing the turn-signal-relay on your make / model.
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09-03-2009, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: :noitacoL | | | I'm just amazed that someone is actually admitting to using their signal. I didn't think people knew how to do that any more.
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09-03-2009, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | Maybe he's a really old dude that leaves it on full time. |
09-03-2009, 01:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | The #1 thing to do with any problem like this is: Open your owner's manual and see if the answer is there. If you don't have a manual, get one!
Then replace the relay which has gone bad - sometimes a metal canister about the size of your thumb, mounted on the fuse block - but sometimes located elsewhere. How to find it? Look in the owner's manual.
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09-03-2009, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dallas, TX. | | | you could always just flick the lever on and off really fast.
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09-03-2009, 02:07 PM
|  | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | I have a similar problem with my new-used car (this is the only known problem so far). Blinkers both work sporadically.
Probably the relay right?
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