my 93 940 has a right blinker that blinks aprox twice as fast as normal...at first, i thought i had a bulb out, as the front amber blinker was not flashing, the rear was...at the faster speed... when i activate the left signal, all is normal and it blinks a normal speed.....sooo.....i thought i would just change out the blub and everything would be back to normal...no joy...i swapped out the bulb and got the same results...i then wiggled and re set the bulb a few times and discovered, if i twisted the bulb just so...the blinking went from fast to normal speed, and the bulb started light up..so i fig it must be a ground or connector issue in the front, right headlight basket or lens assy.....now...threed days into the problem...the blinker started going double speed again.....i twisted and wiggles the bulb coller with no joy...now...the problem seems to have moved to another gremblen......should i swap out the actual blinker relay near the fuses?...or does it sound like a ground issue that should be chased some other way??...thanx for any help...electrics is not my cup of tea.........
1993 940 blinker ...... help please....
Aug 17, 2006
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Sounds like you have poor contact inside the socket. Take the bulb out, clean everything with a small circular wire brush and check for loose wire, contacts, etc. Sometimes the light sockets are replaceable and sometimes they are integrated into the light housing. I'm not sure which is the case for the 940 front turn signals.
Often the seals fail on lights and water gets inside the housing which then corrodes the socket. Hard to say how bad yours is without seeing it!
John
the 93 940 has the twist and remove socket...i guess that makes sense to chase the problem there at the socket rather than back at the relay.....is the fast or double speed flashing a indication of a bad ground?
John Horner wrote:
thanx John...it was the connectors inside the sicket...they were mis aligned and work ok after some cleaning and tweeking....
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