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Mopar Garage => Electric, Gauges, & Lights => Topic started by: chargd72 on December 31, 2014, 03:58:11 PM

Title: LED turn signal problem
Post by: chargd72 on December 31, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I swapped out all tail/parking/signal lamps to LED. I also changed out my signal and hazard flashers to a no load type flasher (Tridon heavy duty electronic flasher #el12). After the swap my tail lights, brake lights, parking lights and hazards work. But I can't get the turn signal to work. I'm using the same flasher for the hazards but I still get nothing for the turn signals. The weird thing is when I engage the signal lever, the indicator light in my cluster stays on (instead of flashing) but nothing shows on the front or tail lamps. Any ideas?
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: patcharger on January 01, 2015, 12:08:41 PM
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Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: patcharger on January 01, 2015, 12:29:09 PM
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,104078.msg1235654.html#msg1235654
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: chargd72 on January 02, 2015, 09:25:38 AM
I've seen people have success with that flasher.  I'm not confident it will work since my hazards run fine with the electronic flasher with no extra ground.  Either way, I ordered one and will report the outcome.
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: chargd72 on January 06, 2015, 11:15:05 AM
The suggested flasher is not working either.  Anyone else have any ideas? 

On a side note, the side fender lights are not running when my lights are on either.  I'm guessing these two problems are connected.
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: CCR on January 07, 2015, 03:55:35 AM
I had the exact same problem with my -68 when changing to LED, hazard flasher worked OK but turn signals didn't. Had to shift the terminals on the turn signal relay to make it work.
I made two short cables just to test and after that I shift the terminals in the connector.
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: Charger-Bodie on January 07, 2015, 08:59:00 AM
sounds like a ground problem
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: chargd72 on January 07, 2015, 10:17:43 AM
Good suggestion CCR.  I'll give that a shot.

Bodie, the flasher I have in now has it's own ground wire so I don't think there is an issue there.
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: fy469rtse on January 08, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I had some issues as well,
I can tell you that after earth's have been checked, start looking at your switches ,
These were designed for a lot more current than the LED's draw,
I had intermittent issues with turn signal switch,  contacts in all switches have to be very clean, burnt contacts from decades of use will not help
Resistors helped on my front turn signal lights because of residual current present in wiring , I had hyper flashing on these
I had to do the same for console lights as well, it was only after adding resistors that these LEDs functioned
Title: Re: LED turn signal problem
Post by: chargd72 on January 18, 2015, 11:29:12 PM
Quote from: CCR on January 07, 2015, 03:55:35 AM
I had the exact same problem with my -68 when changing to LED, hazard flasher worked OK but turn signals didn't. Had to shift the terminals on the turn signal relay to make it work.
I made two short cables just to test and after that I shift the terminals in the connector.

That worked! I didn't have much confidence in that being the problem but sure enough it was. Thanks!