NOPR

My right turn signal blinks twice as fast as my left turn signal. All of my bulbs work, including the sidemarkers. I was told this could be a bad ground? I also have a problem where sometimes my radio makes crazy static noises which leads me to think bad grounds also. any thoughts?

88rxn/a

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could be grounds,dunno. but my other car did this right before my turn signal relay fried. 5.00 fix. this might not even be the prob. though.

1987RX7guy

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Maybe you have the wrong kind of bulb on the right side, lower resistance type....


Thats why when one burns out it goes faster, less resistance?

Other than that I am not positive on probable causes.

NOPR

hmmm... maybe ill switch all the bulbs on the left with allthe bulbs on the right and see what happens... im still thinking grounds though.

1987RX7guy

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Good luck with it, report back as i haven't heard of this particular prob before. Its usually a burnt out bulb.

NOPR

thats what i thought. can anyone think of a bulb i may have overlooked?

Icemark

Bulbs or bad connections to the bulb will cause the CPU to flash one side faster than the other.

Grounds will have nothing what so ever to do with it, because if you had a bad ground the bulbs would not work at all.

Remember the front bulbs on North American spec FCs are 1157 bulbs, which have 2 yes count them two bulb filiments, so you might think the bulb is fine, becuase it lights up by the parking lights, but still have a bad filiment in it.

NOPR

hmmmm.... where can i get new bulbs, autozone? maybe ill just go buy like 8 and get some of that electrical connector cleaner stuff (that exists, right?) and spend all day changing bulbs. could a bulb on the opposite side of the car or in the back of the car be the culprit?

Icemark

back turn signal bulbs are 1156 bulbs.

Why don't you just flip on the hazard lights and see which turn signal bulb is not working.

With the hazards on, but the parking lights off, only the turn signal bulb filiments are flashing on and off.

floppyhat69

All of his bulbs work when they are supposed to the right one just flashes faster. I checked them earlier

Stanello

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I had this EXACT problem a long time ago. All the bulbs were good and worked, replaced them anyway. Still had rapid fire on the right turn signal. Put a Koyo rad in, and it fixed the turn signal problem. I just left it at that. Hasn't done it since.

Feel free to speculate...

'89Vert

Wow....you put in a radiator and it fixed your turn signal problems...that's a gremlin if i've ever heard of one...

NoPistns

You have a larger current draw for the right side than the left. The higher current causes the flasher to flash faster. Same thing happens when you hook a trailer to a car without changing to a HD flasher.

Flashers are current influenced switches. Since the turn signal filament draws more power (above a set limit) it causes the flasher to open and close the circuit. Adding more lights will do the same thing - remember the comment about trailers.

Two things you can check easily: 1. Replace the bulbs for the passenger side. Front is 1157 and back is 1156. 2. Get a Heavy Duty Flasher - this is a plug-in device that either plugs into a fuse block, or a receptacle behind the instrument panel. Turn the ignition on, turn on a turn signal and listen. It will "click" as it opens and closes the circuit.

Wankels-Revenge

Ya i get this problem when one of the front bulbs isn't properly seated. Usually what i do is turn on the blinker in question, take off the lense cap and fiddle with the bulb until it starts blinking normally. I know this isn't a fix for the problem but hey..it works for me.

Icemark

Ah, you don't know much about the car do you???

The flasher is a circuit board built into the CPU in the drivers kick panel. It does not have some silly plug in heavy duty flasher as found in most american cars or cars built before the 80's.

There is no receptacle or fuse box plug in. This is a Japanese car.

Please don't post if you don't know. Bad information is worse than not even posting anyday.

I can just see the guy trying down to his local auto parts store and asking for a HD flasher for his RX-7...

Icemark

So all the bulbs flash when the hazards are on (and no other lights are on)???

Then you probably have a bad or poorly maintained bulb socket on that side.

and as far as White87FC radiator fix, its simply because he moved the wiring when doing the swap. Again he probably has a bad front bulb socket on that side.

floppyhat69

Yeah they all work when and how they are supposed to. THe only abnormal thing is the right one flashes fast

NOPR

update: switched every bulb on the passenger side of the car to the same spot on the driver side of the car and vice versa. no change, still right turn signal blinks fast. hazards blink at a normal pace.

Icemark

yeah, then double check the sockets on the right side and that you have a 1157 bulb in the front and an 1156 in the rear.