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Posted on Jun 24, 2009

Turn signals flashing too fast

On my 1999 Buick Regal, my turn signals are flashing very fast. The front-left actually flashes as does the rear-right signal. The front-right and the rear-left light up, but don't flash.

I'm wondering if this is one or two bulbs that are bad, or if there's a flasher control that's bad that's causing everything to flash rapidly. I know on other cars that I've had, there's a little silver flasher that can be replaced to fix the rate of the turn signals, but I can't seem to find one on this Buick.

Any ideas? I'd rather not just start replacing turn signals if it's the flasher control.

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Yes, This is easy. Recall on this problem. Take into dealer for free recall solution and it will stop.

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It is amazing that people have not learned that very fast flashing of turn signals is because the filament of the lamp that is not flashing is broken. Replace the bulbs. While you're at it, replace all of them at the same time if you haven't replaced any recently.

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