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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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Question blinker issues

so i was leaving base and i turned my left blinker on, it didnt work. tried the right one, made my left blinker come on. tried my hazzards, turned my right blinker on. i thought it might have been a fuse issue so im going to look at the box when im on lunch today. i have no idea why/how this started to happen, it worked fine going to work in the morning and every other time ive driven it. any ideas? im going to try and find a thread on here for fuses but id like to hear if anyone has any suggestions. thanks in advance.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 11:22 AM
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Check your relays too. I had a Haywire Relay for my brake lights and it had them going crazy
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 12:15 PM
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I've seen that happen in another Dodge I had awhile back... turned out to be a melted multifunction switch....

Have you installed HIDs or higher wattage bulbs in the headlights?
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 01:28 PM
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well its "fixed" my buddy who is like 6'6" jumped in and raised my steering wheel up so he could get in and now they work fine. must have been just at a funny angle or something cause i moved it all around and they work fine (knock on wood). and i'll still check my relays willd and as for any HIDs, no, stock lighting all the way around.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 03:43 PM
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Lol its funny how things work out!
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 06:51 PM
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agre with the multi function switch. Its not fixed. The wire is just not pinched anymore. You still have a issue
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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The last thing this is is a fuse. I agree with the pinched/abraded wire. Something's finding a ground or switched hot where it shouldn't be.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeHTally
The last thing this is is a fuse. I agree with the pinched/abraded wire. Something's finding a ground or switched hot where it shouldn't be.
Yeah the moving of the steering wheel and that making it work right i would suspect a frayed wire, or a short
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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it's the multi function switch. i've heard of this exact thing happening and its almost always the multi function switch, even the steering wheel tilt fixing it is a symptom of the switch being bad.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 12:34 PM
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where exactly is the swtich and is it easy to replace? never heard of this before.
 
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