99 Eclipse Turn Signal Pigtail - No Voltage

[Schade]

Just bought an Eclipse for my son and taking care of some issues the previous owner hasn't.

The front driver side turn signal is inop (turn signal and hazard), rear works fine.

I've swapped sockets with the passenger side and both sockets are working on the passenger side. I checked the voltage at the driver side pigtail and I am not seeing any voltage.

Has anyone replaced this before and if so do you know how difficult the cable replacement is? Any other suggestions of what may be wrong?

 

[luv2rallye]

Does the left turn signal light on the dash blink? If not, suspect a bad "turn signal and hazard flasher unit". It's behind and above radio bolted to center stay right side. The green/black wire (pin 1) will have pulsing voltage when turn signal is pulsing on/off if it's working. If it's working you then must have an open wire somewhere between there and the LF turn signal bulb.

 

[Schade]

Thanks Rallye, it does blink on the dash although faster than normal. I'll try what you suggest and let you know how it goes. Thanks for the help!

 

[DSM_love_GST]

You either have a break in the ground or positive wire. To eliminate the ground. run a ground to the chassis from the socket while leaving the positive to the harness. If it still fails then it will be the positive wire. you can trace that wire back. Also make sure the bulb is indeed good. You may sometimes not be able to see the break in the bulb, so look closely.

 

[luv2rallye]

I would suggest applying +12v to the LF turn signal bulb green-black wire (with black wire connected to ground of course) at the bulb connector to make sure the bulb and socket are working. Also inspect that connector for pin corrosion, and pins not locked in place, and that the black harness wire has a connection to ground (which may easily be your problem - especially if the other filament doesn't go on with the taillights). Also the bulb must be a 2 filament one (in case the wrong one is in there).

If all that works, you've got an open somewhere between there (call this A) and the connection that goes to the dash turn light (B). There is a 20 pin connector (B76 pin 3) that the circuit goes through (between A and B) but it's high up above the inside fuse box so you probably can't get at it. If you're sure it's an open between A and B, the easiest way may be to just string a new wire from the LF turn signal bulb to either the flasher unit pin 1 (green-black) or to the dash turn light (green-black). A broken wire is near impossible to find if it's not at a connector.