I’ve got 2000 1500 Laramie with the 5.9. I had an issue where the driver side blinkers were blinking fast and read that replacing the flasher relay would fix it. I replaced the relay today and while it fixed the hyper flashing issue I’ve noticed if I turn the headlights/parking lights on both blinker icons will light up on the dash. If I flip the blinker either way they both work just fine.

May also be worth noting the parking lights don’t work at all now. Before I swapped the relay the passenger side would work but driver side wouldn’t and the blinkers were hyper speed on the driver side.

I can also hear clicking in intervals of three (when driver side blinker or flashers are engaged)from the cylinder type thing under the battery. Anybody know what that is? All advice is appreciated

 

You have a bad bulb or two. I would be looking at the bulbs on the side that were doing the hyper flash first.

 

that’s what I was hoping didn’t know if anybody had other ideas. I’ll swap em out with new ones after work and let y’all know

 

are you pretty positive that’s what it is? I replaced both of the amber flasher lights on either side and it’s still doing it. Would it have something to do with that cylinder thing that’s clicking under the battery?

ill try swapping more bulbs tomorrow/Monday I’m pretty busy at the moment. I just find it odd that it happened after the relay was swapped

 

Only thing under the battery I am aware of, is the cruise servo..... and it shouldn't be clicking just sittin' there..

Need to check the bulbs in the rear as well.

 

Sounds more like a wiring issue, likely bad ground connection. Pull the flasher relay (is this the correct "combination flasher" ?) and try to figure out the parking lights issue. Black/yellow should have power with the lights on, black is ground .

Edit: The speed control servo uses the same ground as the parking lights/turn signals so there might be some back feeding going on. Check ground G100 which is somewhere upfront on the left side fender shield.

 

I would check all the bulbs and see if they are the correct ones and they are installed correctly. While you are at it look at the bulbs for any bad filaments.

 

im kinda leaning towards this. I know my uncle had mentioned the contacts in the driver side flasher bulb connector (part you push the bulb into) were acting funky. IIRC the 2 metal tabs on the same side were hot on the driver side and on the correctly working passenger side the tabs on opposite corners were hot.

so potentially I have a loose ground?