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Hit a deer and now my right blinker wont stop blinking fast (even tho all bulbs work)

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by jaclark91, Aug 16, 2021.

  1. Aug 16, 2021 at 5:54 PM
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    Pretty much what the title says. Deer ran into the side of my truck yesterday and caused a little damage to the front right headlight, blinker, and bumper, and a lot of damage to the door. I put a new bulb in the socket and it wasn't blinking at first so I took it out and cleaned out the socket and now it's flashing but really fast like when the bulbs are burnt out. I'm assuming I have a short somewhere but the wiring looks fine. Any tips on things to check?
     
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    I'm betting missing ground at one of the bulbs that's blinking fast, I'll pull you a diagram when I get home.
     
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    Great, thanks man
     
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    Could be a bad ground or the relay got messed up somehow
     
  5. Aug 16, 2021 at 6:29 PM
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    Looks like the White/Black wire should be the ground, I'd look closely at the wiring around the impacted area, most likely a wire got pinched or broken.
     

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    Well something happened, I took the bulb out of the other side to check and see if the same contacts had power/ground as the left earlier and when I put the bulb back in idk if I put it in funny or something but the fuse blew and now after replacing the fuse both sides are blinking fast even though the bulbs are fine. Thanks for the diagram i'll follow the wires and see if I can find any damage.
     
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    I figured it out. I had some cheap chinese blinker housings I got on ebay a couple years ago and I was using the bulbs out of those and that's what was making it blink fast. I got some sylvania bulbs at autozone and it stopped the hyperflashing once I put them in.
     
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  8. Aug 17, 2021 at 7:24 PM
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