Anyone elses turn signal indicator in the dash go crazy sometimes?
i have never seen this before, but in my stang the turn signal light keeps NO beat.
it started out a very rare thing, but it is happening more and more. yesterday i was driving around the city, and i didnt make a single turn where the indicator kept any beat at all.

Anyone else?

 

did you check if you had a headlamp or tail light out. Thats usually the culprit. It also states this in your owners manual

 

i guess i will look into that, but as far as i know everything is working perfectly. i havnt noticed a taillight/headlight being out at all...

 

The turn signal circuit is current sensing. This means that if a bulb is out, the flashing increases due to less load. Does the erratic flashing happen on both blinkers or only one? If both, I'd replace the flasher. If only on one side, I'd bet it's a bulb that's not making positive contact with the socket.

Willie

 

Your car must be under warranty still... take it to the dealer and let them deal with it.

 

Actually it decreases if a bulb is out. The flasher is simply a circuit breaker. When enough amps are built up, it clicks off, then back on. That is what turns the turn signal on and off.

If a bulb is out then there is less resistance, therefore it takes longer for the amps to build up.

 

it could also be a side-marker light... sometimes finding the culprit is a wild-goose chase

 

I've read somewhere that these cars don't have a traditional signal light flasher. Rather, it is done by computer software; hence the generated click sound that comes from the speaker.

 

Generated noise from speaker?? never noticed that, I'll have to go check now, I'm curious!!

Ok, just went out and checked. If the noise is coming from a speaker, it is not the radio speakers. The clicking is definitely coming from the gauge cluster. Maybe there is a speaker back behind there somewhere, but for sure not coming from radio speakers.

 

Josh, I had one of my turn signal rear bulbs go out a few weeks ago, and the blinking/flashing is actually faster. If I remeber correctly there are 3 blinkers on each side on the rear, and I had 1 out on the right side, but the blinker on that side was at least 3 times faster than normal as a warning to replace it I guess......

 

Yes it is indeed controlled by computer. The clicking does come from a speaker, but not a radio speaker. Many people have commented on the "weird" sound the turn signals make. Some have said it sounds more like horse hooves.

If you have the message center the car beeps with every button press (on the 05s at least) however if you have the turn signal on, there are no beeps. They both use the same speaker. It is in the dash somewhere on the driver's side.

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showth...n+signal+sound

 

There are no beeps on the 06. And thats interesting ford chose to do it that way.