turn signals not blinking, has anyone else experienced this Options

[celicamike]

OK, so last night, I parked my '94 GT for just a few minutes while I was dropping off some stuff, and I put my hazard lights on while I went inside. Anyway when I came back, my hazard lights weren't flashing, they were just on continuously. So I got back in my car and shut my hazard lights off, but when I drove home, my turn signals wouldn't flash, they would just stay on like they did before. Does anyone know what might be causing this? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks

[goferris]

i am not completely sure if this would be the cause but your hazard switch is connected to your signals. maybe the switch is broken or you need a new relay.
my thoughts.
gl with getting it fixed.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

OK, so last night, I parked my '94 GT for just a few minutes while I was dropping off some stuff, and I put my hazard lights on while I went inside. Anyway when I came back, my hazard lights weren't flashing, they were just on continuously. So I got back in my car and shut my hazard lights off, but when I drove home, my turn signals wouldn't flash, they would just stay on like they did before. Does anyone know what might be causing this? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks

Sounds like your flasher relay has gone. It is in the driver's side kick panel and looks pretty much like a regular relay.

Check the brightness of you indicator lights. If they look dimmer than usual, it might eb something as simple as a bad earth.

Or it could be simply that the little plate inside the relay has got stuck in one position. Once you have removed the relay, you should be able to pop the top off. Inside you see a bimetallic strip that is attached to one contact and sits on another.

A bimetallic strip is just that - two metals with very different expansion/contraction properties that are welded together. When they get hot one side expands more than the other causing it to bend one way touch one contact; and when it cools the opposite happens causing it to bend in the other direction and touch the other contact. It is the current running across the bimetal strip that causes it to heat and thus produces the intermittent flashing effect with which we are familiar.

[2slow2nervous]

i have a problem simular to that one but wen i push my hazard button my hazards dont flash and i cant use blinkers at all untill i push the hazard button off. Than by signals work fine. Ne suggestions?

[GreenyST204]

May sound silly but are any of your bulbs blown,
if one blowes your indercators will not work as to warn you that one is blown.
good to check the basics before pobing the top off a relay.
goodluck

[celicamike]

I went for a drive in my car today, and the turn signals worked just fine. I guess maybe they just needed to cool down. What do you guys think? I know I probably will avoid leaving my hazard lights on in the future.