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Old 06-28-2019, 06:20 PM
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2003 dakota Right rear turn signal and flasher not working swapped out bulb and socket but still nothing.... right front works but is rapid. Does flasher relay control turn signal as well as flasher? Thanks!
 
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does the brake light work? Did this happen all of a sudden?
 
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Yes happened all of sudden. Didn't try to see if brake light is working i will check tomorrow and get back to you thanks!
 
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If the brake and reverse lights do not work either, then look at the chassis-to-body electrical junction. It's fastened to the chassis right next to the rear bumper mount.

If the brake and revers elights work, but hazard and turn signal do not, then I would be inclined to think a failed combination flasher.
 
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Ok so the tail lights work but no brake light on right... so everything works except right turn signal, flasher and brake.... checked connector it's conected. Just reread your reply and I did not check reverse .... I'm the only one here so will check reverse lights tomorrow when my wife comes home thanks
 

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Ok so i was able to check reverse lights.... so everything works except right turn signal, flasher and brake. Thanks
 
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The left and right tail lights and the license plate lamp all share a common ground.

Black and Yellow goes to the running/parking lamp circuit relay in the junction block (driver side of dash)

Green/Brown wires convert to Green/Red (left) and Brown/Red (right) then go directly to the combination flasher's respective left and right turn signal outputs.

So either there's still something funky in Connector number 360 there in the frame rail/bumper area, or the combination flasher has died.

The brake lamp switch feeds an input to the combination flasher. The flasher controls both the turn signals and the brake lights, since both functions use the same filament in the bulb.
 
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Thank you so much! I'm going to try the combination flasher first... problem is I can't find it... I looked under the dash and under the hood I believe it's under the dash but must be looking in the wrong area... any idea where thanks again your guys are awesome!
 
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Also is it a square box with 5 male conectors blue or black also called flasher relay? Thanks!
 
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Thank you so much! I'm going to try the combination flasher first... problem is I can't find it... I looked under the dash and under the hood I believe it's under the dash but must be looking in the wrong area... any idea where thanks again your guys are awesome!
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