mrzhen Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I have a 98 Legacy Outback that has a weird turn signal problem. Whenever I turn on my left-turn signal and then step on the brake, the turn signal stops until I let off the brake again. I use a trailer with it, not sure if that makes any difference. Any ideas how to fix this problem? ...Jon
meier motor sports Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 only an issue when the trailer is connected? i suspect a short in the wiring of the trailer
mrzhen Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 No. Remains an issue whether the trailer wiring harness is plugged in or not?
meier motor sports Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 then it still sounds like a wiring issue but sounds like it is in the car itself. have a friend watch your tail lights and see what they actually do as to what they are supposed to do. ie does signaling left and right make only the signal lights light up respectively. and does stepping on the brakes make only the brakes light up... etc
whitetiger Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 yeah, i bet its the wireing. is teh left turn signal for the trailer lights also the brake light? if so, you may need to seperate them.
easton Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 The likely answer is that you have replaced the turn signal/brake bulb with the wrong model. The wrong bulb could cause this to happen by completing the circuits incorrectly.
mrzhen Posted March 5, 2008 Author Posted March 5, 2008 Not sure what the relevance may be, but another thing that I noticed is that the problem seems randomly intermittent. Weird. What would that indicate?
meier motor sports Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 the same wiring problem that has already been mentioned either in the wiring to the trailer or in/near the tailamps
pillboy Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 The likely answer is that you have replaced the turn signal/brake bulb with the wrong model. The wrong bulb could cause this to happen by completing the circuits incorrectly. I don't think so. The taillight/brakelight bulb (dual filament) is the same bulb, but the turn signal is a different bulb (single filament). I betting on a crappy job with the trailer harness install. It being intermittent would also point to the harness rather than a bulb issue. It is still ugly.
mrzhen Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 Well, earlier today everything was working normally, but tonight it was back to the same problem again so I got out and watched as my wife operated the brake. When the turn signal is activated it seems to dimly blink the running lights. When the brake is applied brake light goes on and the turn signal light goes on but dimly and doesn't blink. I poked around the wiring that splits off from the bulb to the trailer harness and it seems there's something loose where the wires go into the bulb. I got the lights to blink on/off then go back to normal by just pushing the wires around a bit. So I guess I just need to make sure my connections are tight?
meier motor sports Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 yep. you found the wiring issue. just need to fix it.
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