Turn signal bulb out again

[SBCSD]

My guess as well.

No sign of rodents anywhere in the engine compartment.

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[SBCSD]

Set your DVM to measure DC volts, turn vehicle on, turn on working bulb that blinks, go to working side bulb, connect BLK lead to GND, using RED, measure both pins, one should indicate ~ 12VDC, the other 0 VDC. Record results as to what wire has DC voltage. Repeat on other side.

I will do that Friday morning when I get home from work. Thank you for your advice!

 

[SigOris]

I will do that Friday morning when I get home from work. Thank you for your advice!

Good luck

 

[Motorpsychology]

Rodents.

But then why only the right turn signal, twice?

 

[SBCSD]

I will do that Friday morning when I get home from work. Thank you for your advice!

Update on my turn signal not working:

This morning after work I did what Trigganometry and SigOris suggested and found that I was getting a range from about 2 volts to about 18 volts with the blinker on. This was the same voltage range as the left blinker. Plugged the bulb back in and still no right turn signal. I pulled the bulb out and decided to bend the wire on the bulb put a little bit and reinstalled the bulb. Success, the I now have a right turn signal again!

Reading Trigganometry's reply gave me the idea to bend the wire to see if that would make a connection.
I know it's not the proper way to fix it, but I am able to remove and replace the bulb and still have a working turn signal now.

Thank you to everyone for ideas and advice to trouble shoot my issue!

 

[Salty.Ranger]

I’m gonna try this then I got home!! Mine has been out for months now and has been driving me mad

 

[SBCSD]

I’m gonna try this then I got home!! Mine has been out for months now and has been driving me mad

I have had no problems with the bulb since I bent the wire up a little bit on the bulb. Hope it works for you

 

[Salty.Ranger]

I have had no problems with the bulb since I bent the wire up a little bit on the bulb. Hope it works for you

sweet! Thanks me too! Tired of getting the middle finger lol. Did you have to reset the bcm?

 

[Tom_C]

I know it's not the proper way to fix it, but I am able to remove and replace the bulb and still have a working turn signal now.

IMO, it's perfectly fine way to fix it. I do that often in many situations. If an ac socket has gotten loose to where it won't make contact, I bend the plug blade a little bit. Now THAT might not be good since the proper fix is to replace the outlet, but that's another story

 

[Big Blue]

Update on my turn signal not working:

Reading Trigganometry's reply gave me the idea to bend the wire to see if that would make a connection.
I know it's not the proper way to fix it, but I am able to remove and replace the bulb and still have a working turn signal now.

Actually what you did is exactly the right thing to do to fix the problem you were having.

Those type of bulbs can get the contact wires pressed down during manufacturing or packaging so that they don't make good contact with the socket. The only way to fix it is to pry them out a little to give them some spring pressure.

Matter of fact, I usually spend all the contacts out alittle before I put a new bulb in to save me the trouble you had.

 

[SBCSD]

sweet! Thanks me too! Tired of getting the middle finger lol. Did you have to reset the bcm?

I did not have to reset the bcm

 

[Msfitoy]

Have you considered using LED? I've installed those on my side markers and that was a 100,000 miles ago and still working...

 

[SBCSD]

Have you considered using LED? I've installed those on my side markers and that was a 100,000 miles ago and still working...

I have not considered LED for my side markers. I did change out my halogens headlights and driving lights for LED’s. That made a world of difference. Even after aiming my headlights down a few degrees, I would constantly get blights flashed at me. I put the stock bulbs back in and left the LED’s on the driving lights. No more brights flashed at me.

 

[Salty.Ranger]

I did not have to reset the bcm

I don't think ive ever been so happy over a turn signal lol
Thank you for this thread

 

[Cmar]

I did the exact same thing for my son's Kia Sportage a while back. Parking lamp out. Give the guard a hit with the flat of you hand, light on! Turn it off and on again, light off! Grrr

Pulled it out (which means removing the headlight -brilliant bit of engineering there) and socket looked pristine but no light, try a new bulb- no light wriggle the bulb - Light. So I bent the pin a bit - no problems since. I figured that since the car is 16 years old the plastic had probably stretched a bit.

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