Re: turn signal

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

1 is probably correct.

I'm surprised tho. as this is ancient techgy.  60's Beetles have the
same reaction.  In that case the bimetallic strip is less heated from
the higher resistance in series resulting from an open bulb.

bc

Carl E. Mungan wrote:

> 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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