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drdingo21
11-20-2002, 09:53 PM
Well we were driving around earier tonight, i was pulling out of this parking lot when my front bumper scraped a little bit, ok no big deal..
Now on to the problem at the next corner i used my left blinker and it was blinking fast, which means there is a porblem... so i get out and look and sure enough the front left blinker isn't blinking. so i went to walmart bought a replacment bulb. Got it in and still...the same thing. What would make it do this? the bulb lights up but doesn't blink.....any ideas?
Injen
11-20-2002, 09:56 PM
did you do anything with your light like did you put new one's in.
4jacks
11-20-2002, 09:58 PM
you probably knocked your wiring loose somewhere
drdingo21
11-20-2002, 10:02 PM
yea, there is a new bulb in there...how could i know the wiring loose?
ShEaNy
11-20-2002, 10:04 PM
just go underneath the front there and look for any loose wires around the bumper light...that should be the problem..
4jacks
11-20-2002, 10:06 PM
get your self a voltmeter, take your front bumper off... and start playing with stuff
SilVtec
11-20-2002, 11:49 PM
I had the same problem one time man. What happened was that my socket that you put the bulb in went bad, and I don't know why. I had to replace it. What you need to do before checking any of that wiring stuff is to take off your front bumper, take the socket from the working side and replace the bad side socket with the good one and see if it works. If it does, then it is the socket. If it is the socket, then I know that the 92-95 model civics have the same socket that the 96-00 does. Hope that helps.
drdingo21
11-21-2002, 12:13 AM
how does the socket come off?
SilVtec
11-21-2002, 01:04 AM
Originally posted by drdingo21
how does the socket come off?

There is like a little push button...you push and pull it...it is where the harness meets the socket.
94_AcCoRd_EX
11-21-2002, 01:11 AM
Yup, sounds like wiring to me if you checked the bulb.
ebpda9
11-21-2002, 09:06 AM
i think it's just the socket messed up. they look so cheap and wimpy to me.
Promo2000
11-21-2002, 06:26 PM
Just a remark!
Remember NOT to touch the bulbs, some bulbs when touched the grease that u have in your hand would ruin it.
drdingo21
11-21-2002, 06:51 PM
not these, they are just normal bulbs... plus there is no way to get it out with out touching the bulb...it rained all day to day so i didn't get a chance to try it yet...
Almighty-Si
11-21-2002, 11:25 PM
Before you go ahead and replace the socket, take a small screwdriver and scrape the little copper connectors in the socket, re-install the bulb and check it again. It could also be you may have got a bad bulb, take one from somewhere else and see if it still doesn't work.
4jacks
11-22-2002, 02:42 PM
get a dang on voltmeter,,... screw that take this apart take that apart .... just use the dang on volt meter
drdingo21
11-23-2002, 07:20 AM
alright fixed it. I took out the light and twisted the socket out of the light house and went to turn the blinker on so i could test it with me Volt meter, and it worked! the connector must have jarred lose when i laid the front of the car into the ground
SilVtec
11-23-2002, 05:38 PM
HA...I knew it was the socket!
4jacks
11-23-2002, 06:07 PM
HA ! i knew it was the Volt Meter !
SilVtec
11-23-2002, 06:43 PM
Originally posted by 4jacks
HA ! i knew it was the Volt Meter !

LOL..I thought that he said he "twisted the light socket", and was about to use the volt meter, but didnt' use it. lol :yes:
4jacks
11-25-2002, 09:59 PM
Originally posted by SilVtec
LOL..I thought that he said he "twisted the light socket", and was about to use the volt meter, but didnt' use it. lol :yes:

Too True.. But He HAD the VoltMeter, and the Magical Powers of the Voltmeter fixed it for him By just being there ! :bandit:






Ok that's a bit of a strecth