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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 12:51 PM
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Right front turn signal works perfect when headlights are not on. Turn on headlights and it turns on solid whether the turn signal switch is on or off. So, there is a short somewhere when I turn the headlights on making the turn signal light turn on constantly instead of being normally dim then bright when the signal switch is turned on. Help!
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 01:17 PM
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Have you removed all the turn signal and side marker bulbs and checked them and their sockets?
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 01:25 PM
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Yep first thing I did was get a new bulb because before I realized it was always bright I thought it just burnt out. So new turn signal bulb then wiped and cleaned the connection points of all the bulbs. So once the headlights are turned on it becomes shorted. I can't make sense of the wire diagram in the Haynes and I can't find a decent wire diagram for the lights to try chasing wires.
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 01:27 PM
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Click on the link in my signature and go to Tip 3. See that photo? Clean that connector.

You really should do Tips 1 through 5 anyway...........
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 01:49 PM
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The photo in tip 3 doesn't show on my computers. If it's the C101 I did the elimination already and everything went good. I have cleaned most grounds I could find just throughout the time i've owned this thing but haven't had a chance to upgrade or replace some of the grounds yet.
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 01:52 PM
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Here's the photo.
Attached Thumbnails Turn signal problem-10-pin-connector.jpg  
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 04:03 PM
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Sounds like a ground problem to me..................
Like Cruiser said................Check the connections, and the grounds for the lighting circuit......
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Old Nov 30, 2014 | 04:52 PM
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opened it up and the connector looked good. Cleaned it anyways and it works now. Thanks guys and hopefully it stays fixed.
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Originally Posted by ljobbins
opened it up and the connector looked good. Cleaned it anyways and it works now. Thanks guys and hopefully it stays fixed.
Amazing!! Congratulations.
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