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Hey all. My girl has a 97 ford contour. Recently, the rear drivers side turn signal doesn't work, nor does the brake light.
I pulled th bulb out, and it looked good.
I don't know Contours well , but from the looks of it, there are 2 filiments *SP* in the one bulb. I would guess one would be for the parking lights, and the other would be the brake and the turn signal.
*** Yes, the front drivers turn signal is in turbo blinker mode at the moment ***
The bulb looked to be good, however I did not have time to change it w/ the other side to see if it fixed it and caused the other side the problem. Of course I'll do that , but what if it's the same thing?
I would take it a problem w/ the wiring?
She did say this happend a while ago, and she hit a bump and it went back to normal.
Does anyone know of any problems w/ this, or know of what wires to check? Please help!!!
Thanks alot
Jeremy
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Originally posted by LilLowEK:
however I did not have time to change it w/ the other side to see if it fixed it and caused the other side the problem.
You need to take it one step at a time and try that first or buy a new bulb and put it in the driver's side to see if that solves the problem. No point worrying about wiring for now. They'll be plenty of time for that later. 
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Originally posted by Tony2005:
Originally posted by LilLowEK:
however I did not have time to change it w/ the other side to see if it fixed it and caused the other side the problem.
You need to take it one step at a time and try that first or buy a new bulb and put it in the driver's side to see if that solves the problem. No point worrying about wiring for now. They'll be plenty of time for that later.
Yea, this is true. But if it happend before, she hit a bump, and it fixed it...that leads me to believe it is a wiring issue. No??
I know I should take one step at a time , but I don't want her getting nailed. The cops are [censored] A holes here. 
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I did speak to beyondloadedSE. He said his buddy's had the exact same problem, and it was just a loose filiment.
That could easily be the case that I wasn't thinking about. It looks good, but could be loose. Bumps jaring it causing it to work and sometimes not work.
I'll do the bulb swaparoo tomorrow, and hope it fixes it.
Thanks guy,
Jeremy
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Originally posted by LilLowEK:
But if it happend before, she hit a bump, and it fixed it...that leads me to believe it is a wiring issue.
Not necessarily. If the filament in the bulb is about to break or it broke and then touched again because of the bump, that could be the reason for it to be fixed temporarily. In my younger days, I used to flip the burnt out household light bulbs around to get the filaments to touch and "voila" a few more weeks or months before buying another one. So try changing the bulb first and see if that works.
Edit. I guess you posted again while I was typing.
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Thanks Tony. I will swap the drivers and passenger side bulbs around tomorrow and see if the problem is on the passenger side then. If so, off to Autozone I go.  Thanks again guys. Jeremy
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Actually, it might be faster just to buy a new bulb (rather than having to deal with removing the other rear lamp housing). I think the bulb is around $1.50.
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Originally posted by Tony2005:
Actually, it might be faster just to buy a new bulb (rather than having to deal with removing the other rear lamp housing). I think the bulb is around $1.50.
No, it'll only take 30 seconds to get to the bulb.
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It's the bulb, happens often, just change it and you're good.
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Originally posted by Tony2005:
Actually, it might be faster just to buy a new bulb (rather than having to deal with removing the other rear lamp housing). I think the bulb is around $1.50.
Yea, I was in and out of there in just a few seconds. Pull the carpet out, unplug the harness. Twist the socket, pull it out.
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