I have a '95 Grand Am. The right signal quit working and the signal light on the instrument panel burned solid, so I replaced the bulb. The next time I used the signal, the instrument light came back on and the bulb blew. I figure there's a short but I have no idea where to begin to look for it. Any suggestions? Thanks!
A lot of the bulbs that are used as turn lights have a 2nd filament in them that is used for parking lites and/or brake lights. Is there any part of that right side lights working? check parking lites and check brake lites.
The next thing to check is the flasher. Can you hear it clicking when you use it for the left side? Now try it for the right side. can you hear anything?
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Thank you for your responce. I verified the bulb this morning and it was, in fact, the correct bulb. The left signal still works perfectly. I'm at a loss.
The rear lights work as they should, except that when I flip the switch, the rear turn signal burns steady. The clicking is there on the left, but not the right. The front signal had a light on the front (also used as a marker/parking light) and a light in front of the right front wheel. These two lights are designed to blink opposite each other as the turn signal, but neither flash or burn as marker lights, as designed to do. All fuses are the correct size are are fine.
Are you sure you got the correct bulb when you replace the 1st bad one. Car bulbs are all designed to run on 12 volts. The only way the bulb could burn out would be for it to get more than 12 volts applied to it. This is not possible since the highest voltage available in cars is 12 volts.
Your original analysis of the signal lite not working and the indicator light on the instrument panel burning solid was correct. The solid light on the panel is designed to stay on so you will know that a turn light is out. I suspect you may have been given the wrong replacement. A short should have blown a fuse, but not the bulb.
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