On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 01:33:17PM -0600, R A Bennell wrote: > I am having an issue with my 98 F150. It started out with the dash indicator > for the right side turn signals not lighting up and the tick tick being too > fast. I initially thought a bulb had gone bad. But, it was sort of > intermittent. It would be fine at some times and not at others. I thought > the filament must be touching sometimes and being bounced apart at others. > One day when it acted up I got out and looked to see if it was front or > back. The back bulb was flashing away faster than normal. The front was not > flashing so I thought I had my culprit. I changed the front right bulb and > it seemed to be OK. Turned out not to be so then I started thinking a bad > ground on that corner. That was only Tuesday so I have not had a chance to > look again - especially since we got another dose of winter - fresh snow and > quite a bit of it. This morning I noticed that the right signal does not > seem to work properly if I lift the turn signal stalk the whole way. If I > just lift it a bit like one would do to change lanes etc then it seems to > work fine. > > Question is, can it be a ground issue or may I have something going wrong > with the switch itself. I hope not as that will be much messier and more > expensive to fix.
Probably the multifunction switch that controls the wipers, brights, and turn signals. Known to go out on fords. Can't do just wire tracing, since the wires operate as a bus or trunked or however you want to call it. Probably about $80 at the dealer. That's my guess, for what it's worth, which ain't much. It's a ford, so your mileage WILL vary :) K
