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I just recently noticed that my right turn signal is blinking faster than the left. Is this normal? If not, how do I fix it?
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Check your bulbs. A bulb blinking faster usually means a burnt out bulb or bad/loose connection.
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Originally posted by G Pappas:
Check your bulbs. A bulb blinking faster usually means a burnt out bulb or bad/loose connection. This is under the assumption that it blinks approximately twice as fast as normal. This is actually a nice feature, as it lets you know if one (or both) of your bulbs is out, before the police pull you over for 'failure to signal'. 
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Make sure you check front and back on the right side.
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I checked it today and the right back was out. After work tonite I went to Wal-mart to get a new bulb, and I checked it again because it stopped blinking fast. It was working, so it must just be that great work Ford did on our electrical system. Any easy way to make connections good? I'm going to check in the trunk tomorrow, anywhere else to look?
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Originally posted by Redcon96V4:
I checked it today and the right back was out. After work tonite I went to Wal-mart to get a new bulb, and I checked it again because it stopped blinking fast. It was working, so it must just be that great work Ford did on our electrical system. Any easy way to make connections good? I'm going to check in the trunk tomorrow, anywhere else to look? actually the bulb could be failing, one of mine did that, don't worry give it a few more miles with a few more bumps and you'll probably need that bulb after all
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Alternately, you could have intermittent contact in bulb holder due to water leak corrosion or loss of "spring" in contact. Both of these have been observed by members. Latter can be restored by removing bulb and pulling contacts up a little with bent paperclip or needle nose pliers (power off of course).
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could I try burnt bulb for $300 alex:) (jeopardy) for those who didnt get it.
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Yeah, I had the same problem and every time I messed with the bulb it would blink correctly. But after a few miles again it would fail. I thought it might have been the wiring or contacts, but I decided to take a cheap $$ jab at it and just replace the bulb and it has worked fine since.
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