Check for a burned out turn signal bulb on the left side (either
front or back).
David Bowman
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From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu] On
Behalf Of Carl E. Mungan
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:59 PM
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Subject: turn signal
As of this morning, my left turn signal (1996 Toyota RAV4) is
blinking about twice as fast as normal, about double the rate of the
right turn signal. I've checked again just now after the car was idle
a few hours and it's still doing it. Ambient temperatures and
humidity have been pretty normal for the past day.
So my questions are:
1. Is it a bad resistor, capacitor, chip, or what that might be doing
this and any guesses about what might have caused it?
2. Is it something to worry about or, as long as I don't mind a
double-speed blink, can I just ignore it?
Thanks for any insights and I'd be happy to poke around under the
hood with a multimeter if someone gave me a hint about what to try.
Carl
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