Bonkers Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 New bulbs, new relays, new fuse box, new rear tailight wires... Signals work for about 100 miles and then stop blinking (or like today stop working altogether.) Can't pin it down, but cops know me and this needs to be fixed quickly. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnaevd Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 the socket itself? my socket is bad on my front turn signal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejndssn Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 they may have a bad or loose ground but the sockets could have gone and if you do a search you may find that we have talked about this issue and there was a replacement socket if memory serves me right it was a ford that would work. But may not be the perfect fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jage Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I don't think there is much left but the wiring itself and the switch on your column. I'd go with bad ground wire or bad socket. Use of your arm is still legal as far as I know. :nuts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I don't think there is much left but the wiring itself and the switch on your column. I'd go with bad ground wire or bad socket. Use of your arm is still legal as far as I know. :nuts: left arm out the window works i almost suggested that. elbow at right angle hand pointin up is right, elbow straight, hand fully extended is left. hand down at right angle is stop. but you've got brakelights right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQ Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I would think bad sockets. I couldn't get the driver side to work on mine so I cut them both off and wired some in off from a 97+ harness, works great now. I have seen replacement sockets at the auto parts store for a couple dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhill Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 test the switch first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I had a very similar problem with my son's MJ when we bought it. Somehow, the previous owner managed to cram a single element bulb into one of the 1157 sockets in the rear. The single contact on the bottom of the bulb would touch either, both, or neither of the two contacts in the base of the socket. It caused all kinds of odd symptoms- and sometimes it seemed to be working right. I'd look at the bulbs real close and at the sockets in the contact area- if the other ideas don't work. That one 'bout drove me nucking futz. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGMASS Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Almost every signal or light related problem I have ever had on any truck usually came out to be a grounding issue. The sockets on these things are a proper PITA. It has a crappy exposed ground strap that travels down the side of the socket, that may look good (mine did) but are rotten near the bottom (mine were). I don't like to splice wires if I can avoid it so I found good sockets at the junk yard and swapped the good ground straps in to my sockets. One symptom of this was that I had the signal indicator light stay on solid on the dash pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 One symptom of this was that I had the signal indicator light stay on solid on the dash pod. ...uh oh, mines been doin that off and on random times... DOH! :headpop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 :smart: I agree. Bad sockets will cause the problems you are describing. If you have the orginal white plastic ones, time and moisture have taken their toll, change the sockets with OEM or aftre market that have the black shrink seals and they should work fine. Red Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Update! Forgot to mention that the bad socket that is causing your problem is the FRONT socket. Changed both of mine and everything worked fine. As mentioned above, if your dash indicator stays dim lit on one side, thats the bad one. Red Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnnyhepp Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Mine was doin the same thing, turns out the fuse terminal was not making proper contact; remove fuse & GENTLY push contacts towards each other so as they're griping fuse tighter. Spray electronic contact cleaner before you re-install fuse. "Even funnyer is" 'Now my headlights don't come on until engine the warms up' -must be corrosion at the relays- ha ha :headpop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhill Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 if the lights stayin on on the dash ,you have a bad ground some were;. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior88mj Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 did you use any led bulbs? if you did you will have to add a resister inline from the turn/brake wire to ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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