General Electrical & Lighting Related Topics Ask here for electrical, wiring, and lighting info for your rig that could apply to all years

Front flashers not working

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Oct 12, 2014 | 07:08 PM
  #1  
ltr450man's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
From: Nor Cal
Front flashers not working

Ok I know there are 5 million posts on this and trust me I've read them all but here's my issue. Both left and right front signals do not work. Rears flash fast like if it was a bad bulb but replaced both bulbs and not the issue. Fuses are good. Swapped them checked them with no luck. Replaced relay on driver side kick panel with no luck. Hazards work only in the rear not front.

Biggest thing that confuses me is that when the lights are on the running lights are on (which is the same bulb) so they have power. I've checked with a multimeter and seem to have flashing power when the signals are on but no lights. Looked over diagrams and can't seem to track this issue down. Is there a relay just for the front flashers I'm missing? The bulbs are the right ones. I've double checked. Could the turn signal switch in the steering column cause the fronts to not work and the rears to work just fine?

Any information to head me in the right direction would be much appreciated as I'm not good at electrical like many others.

Thanks.

Kyle

Last edited by ltr450man; Oct 12, 2014 at 08:36 PM.
Reply
Old Oct 12, 2014 | 11:24 PM
  #2  
wyoming9's Avatar
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,381
Likes: 100
From: I live in New Tripoli Pa out in the woods
Red face

Turn signals and parking lights even if they use a double filament bulb are not on the same circuit.

From your testing you have the answer but did not know what it was telling you.

You have lost the ground either that part of the socket is corroded or there is damage to the wiring .

First clean out the sockets I use a fitting brush works wonders

If that fails to fix the problem then

Find what colored wire is the ground wire and go from there
Reply
Old Oct 13, 2014 | 03:44 PM
  #3  
ltr450man's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
From: Nor Cal
Thank you! I will give that a shot.
Reply
Old Oct 13, 2014 | 07:47 PM
  #4  
RAD4Runner's Avatar
Registered User
10 Year Member
Liked
Loved
Community Favorite
 
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 7,125
Likes: 681
Do hazards work?
What truck, year, model?

Like Wyoming says^^^
Hazards and turn signal use exactly same blinker relay.
Rear-left, left-turn dash indicator, and front-left share same positive power.
Rear-right, right-turn dash indicator, and front-right share same positive power.

Did you measure voltage between
bulb connector positive to chassis ground, or between bulb connector positive and bulb connector ground?

If you're getting positive voltage to bulb connector, you either:
Lost ground to both connectors, or
Your connectors are corroded so contacts are not connecting to bulbs




What truck? IF first gen 22RE, ground wires are white with black stripe. They go from turn signal fixture to inside right fender and inside left fender.

First-gen 4Runner, 22RE schematic below. Ignore highlights.

Name:  Marks_Engine_Fuse_TurnSignal-notes_zps8fa19fcf.jpg
Views: 48
Size:  91.8 KB
Reply
Old Oct 14, 2014 | 05:23 PM
  #5  
ltr450man's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
From: Nor Cal
Sorry I thought I had my specs in my signature. 92 pickup 3vze. Hazards only work in back and when testing went off the connectors for ground not chassis. Haven't got a chance to get out and look into this yet. Hopefully tomorrow. Sounds like a bad ground to me. Il update when I figure it out.

Where would the chassis ground be for this circuit? On top of one of the fender wells?

Thanks
Reply
Old Oct 14, 2014 | 08:01 PM
  #6  
RAD4Runner's Avatar
Registered User
10 Year Member
Liked
Loved
Community Favorite
 
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 7,125
Likes: 681
Originally Posted by ltr450man
Where would the chassis ground be for this circuit? On top of one of the fender wells?
inside fenders on 22RE. Don't know about the V6
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
gillesdetrail
Pre 84 Trucks
8
Nov 19, 2019 12:56 PM
gog1968
Newbie Tech Section
2
Jun 22, 2015 05:55 AM
TheManOutside
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners
0
Jun 18, 2015 03:32 PM
HBoss
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners
24
Jul 1, 2002 11:37 PM




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:33 PM.