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Old 12-09-13, 02:33 PM
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KS 1986 rx7 base turn signals not working but hazards do

hey all i recently re installed the dash in my car, and now my turn signals aren't working. I have checked the fuses, re-soldered the CPU, and replaced the turn signal switch. My hazards work, and if i take a jumper wire to the pig tail for the switch the turn signals work fine. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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The plug at the CPU housing the wires from the turn signal switch should have a Green/Red wire and a Green/Yellow wire. Turn signal set to right turn and the G/Y wire should have voltage. Signal set to left turn and the G/R wire should then have voltage. Do they?
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Both have 12.4 volts
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Czech ur grounds

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For most vehicles the hazards and signals are two separate circuits, they have separate fuses and separate flashers. Check your signal light fuse and signal light flasher.

Double edit:

Check wiring to turn signal stalk and the turn signal stalk itself

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Fuses are good. What do you mean by the turn signal stalk, and which grounds are you referring too?
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I overlooked that your hazards worked so disregard the comments about grounds.

The stalk is the turn signal lever.

Try jumping it there
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Originally Posted by Fuhnortoner
Czech ur grounds
cute.
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Originally Posted by blitz1221
Fuses are good. What do you mean by the turn signal stalk, and which grounds are you referring too?
Sorry I guess I didnt read your post at all. Are you getting 12v to the turn signal switch from the flasher relay? Heres a picture. Its all process of elimination.



1986 rx7 base turn signals not working but hazards do-turn-signal-wiring.jpg

I suggest downloading a wiring diagram.

http://foxed.ca/index.php?page=rx7manual#secondgen

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The B/R wire has 12.6 volts. No other wires have voltage.
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Do i need another signal wire to have power?
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Originally Posted by blitz1221
Do i need another signal wire to have power?
Ok check the black wire at the stalk. Check for a good ground.

Check the b/r wire for 12v with the key on.
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Okay i just noticed the wire im getting power to is R/W not B/R. B/R has no power at all.
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Originally Posted by blitz1221
Okay i just noticed the wire im getting power to is R/W not B/R. B/R has no power at all.
Exactly which R/W wire and B/R wire are you talking about? There is no R/W wire associated w/the turn switch.
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Originally Posted by blitz1221
Okay i just noticed the wire im getting power to is R/W not B/R. B/R has no power at all.
Try to put the key on acc1 and check it.

The signal switch gets power from ign1.

Check ign1 on the back of your ignition switch for 12v with the key on.
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Originally Posted by Fuhnortoner
Try to put the key on acc1 and check it.

The signal switch gets power from ign1.

Check ign1 on the back of your ignition switch for 12v with the key on.
Earlier he posted the G/R and G/Y wires had 12 volts when they should have and for it to have voltage on these wires then the B/R wire (powered by the turn fuse) powering the turn switch must have power.
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Originally Posted by satch

Earlier he posted the G/R and G/Y wires had 12 volts when they should have and for it to have voltage on these wires then the B/R (powered by the turn fuse) wire powering the turn switch must have power.
Well he says it doesnt.

Originally Posted by blitz1221
Okay i just noticed the wire im getting power to is R/W not B/R. B/R has no power at all.
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Originally Posted by Fuhnortoner
Well he says it doesnt.

The only way the G/R wire and G/Y wire can possiby get voltage is from the B/R wire so it doesn't make sense. And what R/W wire is he talking about as there is no such wire related to this circuit.

Another thing is ACC powers just the accessory fuses and the turn fuse is powered by IG1 so turning the key to on is required to check the source of voltage going to the relevant fuse.

And to the op, you stated in your first post that you jumpered a wire to the switch and everything worked. Well, what wire was jumpered to?

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Well i figured it out. The fuse was not pop'd but was bad. New fuse fixed it. Thanks for the help.
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Well that doesnt make any sense because b/r has to have power?

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Yea it was the turn fuse. I originally tested it with a test light and it lit up on both pins. but i still was not getting power to the B/R wire. Earlier someone had said check the fuse and grounds. so i grabbed a spare fuse ,and then swapped it with the old one. Then what do you know 12V at the B/R wire. So i put every thing back together and they worked. As far as the R/W wire go. i was looking at my work shop manual's pigtail pin location for the turn signal lever(listed as the dimmer switch cr-03). The problem was i was thinking the B/R was the R/W. Second look revealed that i looked at it wrong. Just want to apologize to everyone that replied to the post, feel like i wasted ur time.
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Originally Posted by blitz1221
Yea it was the turn fuse. I originally tested it with a test light and it lit up on both pins. but i still was not getting power to the B/R wire. Earlier someone had said check the fuse and grounds. so i grabbed a spare fuse ,and then swapped it with the old one. Then what do you know 12V at the B/R wire. So i put every thing back together and they worked. As far as the R/W wire go. i was looking at my work shop manual's pigtail pin location for the turn signal lever(listed as the dimmer switch cr-03). The problem was i was thinking the B/R was the R/W. Second look revealed that i looked at it wrong. Just want to apologize to everyone that replied to the post, feel like i wasted ur time.
Its all good bro. I enjoy troubleshooting. Gives me somethin to do on my commute.

Btw I was jus jokin about that b/r wire

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