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I've got a 1996 Subaru Legacy and the turn signals stopped working in mid drive today. I thought it was the fuse, but the fuse appeared to be fine (it worked in other 15A fuse outlets, while other working fuses did not work in that outlet. Is this a fuse box issue or a relay switch issue?

  • danhunt May 07, 2018

    If you are getting power to either the blinker or flasher lights, follow the sound by continually turning them on and off manually. It is behind driver-side dash-cover either hidden to left of radio bracket or mounted against firewall. Hidden behind remote-lock sometimes. You can also feel it "click" if you can touch it while you turn it on. It has a 3 wire plug attached to it and the actual relay is a 3 prong rectangular black box - part number is EP34 at auto zone. It controls both blinkers and flashers.

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Does the emergency flasher work? If not, it could be a connection behind the coffee holder/Emergency flasher switch on the dashboard. I had a mechanic who had to go behind the dashboard and inadvertantly din't connect it properly and neither my flasher nor blinkers worked.

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Replace the relay.Thats a common thing to fail.

  • randy Nov 10, 2012

    where is the relay on '96 subaru legacy?

  • danhunt May 07, 2018

    If you are getting power to either the blinker or flasher lights it is the blinker/flasher relay. There is also a separate fuse box under hood for the flasher. To find the relay, follow the sound by continually turning them on and off manually. It is behind driver-side dash-cover either hidden to left of radio bracket or mounted against firewall above brake pedal - perhaps hidden behind remote-lock device. You can also feel it "click" if you can touch it while you turn it on. It has a 3 wire plug attached to it and the actual relay is a rectangular black box - part number is EP34 at auto zone. It controls both blinkers and flashers.

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