About 1 week ago I discovered a little problem. My drivers flasher won't click like the passenger side in operation. The drivers flasher light in the dash cluster will come on and stay on just like the front & rear signal lights.
The passenger side operates normal.
The front drivers side marker light won't flash either. All bulbs are good.
Does the fiero flasher fuse operate on 1 round fuse or 1 for each side?? (2 total)
I don't have my 88FSM with me so I can't look at the wiring diagrams or info on this.
Read this page from the ogre's cave Sneak Path should give you a good start and finding where the problem is. I had the exact same problem as what you described but on a notchback. It ended up being a rear left socket not getting a good ground. Replaced the socket and fixed the problem.
Another thing to do, is replace the flasher with an electronic unit that flashes regardless of the lamp load on it. They are also a little louder, and remind you to turn off the signal so you don't drive 5 miles down the road with the left turn signal on...
Another thing to do, is replace the flasher with an electronic unit that flashes regardless of the lamp load on it. They are also a little louder, and remind you to turn off the signal so you don't drive 5 miles down the road with the left turn signal on...
If you mean the round, two terminal plastic can, those are the flasher. One is a four way flasher, the other is the turn signals. They are also interchangeable. The NAPA heavy duty flasher is a dark transparent plastic. You can see a circuit board and relay in that unit. If you install LED lamps in the tail light and guide lights, the normal flasher stops working, but the HD flasher keeps working.
I realized that the flasher under the passenger side dash is for the hazard lights. That didn't work before, so that is repaired.
The flasher for the drivers side started working again after I install a new HD flasher for the hazard lights. I found out that the blink noise (drivers) is alot more slower than the passenger side. Tomorrow I will install a new HD flasher under the drivers dash. I was told that the HD flasher can handle more load than the stock flasher.
BTW, does the fiero have one flasher for both sides?? (drivers and passenger blinkers?) I thought that there was one for each side... There is only 1 flasher under the drivers dash cluster. I would need confirmation of this.
You have a bulb out or a ground out on the side that isn't flashing.
Thanks for your info.
This is for all the drivers side...
The front signal light works. The front marker light is weak. The rear marker light is works. The rear signal light works. The rear brake light works. The brake light works with the pedal applied.
For the front marker light, I don't understand why I'm getting a weak / dimmer light. Once the turn signal stalk is applied for the drivers side, the front and rear signals don't flash, just come on and stay on. (no blinking)
As of today, the driver's flasher works but very slow compared to the passenger side.
My front drivers side turn signal light had a glitch. I took it apart and moved it around in the socket.
Then it worked. I put a new bulb in for fun. (its worked with the old bulb too) This socket was replaced 3 years with a new one. Funny, I just played with it and got it working again.
I'll see how it works for a couple of days, then hopefully it stays that way.
It is called corrosion. Before you stop working on your lights, put a dollop of Vaseline on the contacts. The Vaseline will keep moisture away from the metal contacts. The moisture and oxygen is what causes the problem.
It is that gooey stuff in the socket when you pull out an old light that has never been changed before.
The HD flasher is nice because it continues to work, even if there are problems with the lights. Rather than let a flasher tell me I have problems, I do a walk around with the lights on in the morning, before I leave for work.
