Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:39:57 -0600
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Blinker LED goes solid, sometimes....
Comments: To: Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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---- Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> So i've got an odd intermittent issue that i've never dealt with before.
> My blinker ALWAYS works right when blinking to indicate a "right" turn.
> About 60% of the time Left blinker works properly as well.
> But, sometimes i'll indicate a left and the green LED will just go solid,
> and the blinkers don't blink.
> Shutting it off and turning it back on a few times can make it blink
> normally  though.
>
> I thought they blinked fast when the bulb was out, so what's this?
> It's a '90 GL auto with cruise.

I believe that the blinker switch at the steering column is faulty.  Sometimes it makes proper contact, sometimes not.  But I'm no expert.  If you are game to disassemble it and clean things up, make sure all contact points work, then it might work properly again.  I have certainly never attempted such, though.  It might be that the bulb is loose in the socket, but then I would expect the fast blink same as a bad bulb.

mcneely

>
> -Craig

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David McNeely