faster blinker

[hyde]

You know those faster signal blinkers, make the other driver look like he is rushing or makes you uncomfortable?
How do they do it? do they add a repeater or something or pull a fuse, replace it with another one?

 

[2003KJ]

Faster blinkers are a sign of a problem. If you have a bulb that's gone out or a flasher solenoid that's on its way out, they will flash fast.

You can try it with your Jeep. Pull the bulb out of one of the rear turn signals and then go cut the signal on in the direction of the one you pulled out. You'll notice it's blinking fast.

Then both the front and rear signals work, like I said it often means that the flasher solenoid it's on its way out....however, it can also mean you have a short in wire somewhere....but thats usually not the case.

 

[Marlon_JB2]

It's also a way for a quick ticket. \/ Cops know what a fast blinker means... tee hee... and people wonder why they get pulled over, lol.

 

[hyde]

Is there a law that limits higher bpm? (blink per minute)

Thanks Tim, that's what I thought, since my uncle told me his F250 signal was acting like it was hyper the other day, then the light went out completely, we swapped the signals and it was all normal.

 

[4Factor]

If you change your bulbs for LED bulbs, it'll blink faster. A lot of guys who switch to aftermarket tails/sidemarkers/front signals buy LED bulbs to be "extra cool". My friend did it with his Ford Focus. You might never realize it until you do it, but the faster "clicking" will drive you insane. My friend was back to regular bulbs after a month.

 

[hyde]

If you change your bulbs for LED bulbs, it'll blink faster. A lot of guys who switch to aftermarket tails/sidemarkers/front signals buy LED bulbs to be "extra cool". My friend did it with his Ford Focus. You might never realize it until you do it, but the faster "clicking" will drive you insane. My friend was back to regular bulbs after a month.

I don't think all LED's will do that. Maybe wrong voltage? I saw a few people swap to LED s and thy were fine. I was thinking of getting much brighter front turn signals since the ones I have may not be bright enough.

 

[Enos316]

This happened to my KJ a few weeks ago, along with some other weird electrical problems (brakes were acting like turn signals, rear lights went out when brake was applied, etc).

Turned out it was a loose grounding wire, but man was it annoying while it lasted.