Looks like the AC Delco flasher part is discontinued, but my shop happened to find one -- lets see if replacement helps...

 

Update: OEM flasher installed, and the signal does sound better, a bit on the quiet side but now I can hear it at least, but much more similar to the way it is supposed to be.

 

To add to this I'm currently having blinker issues as well. The right blinker works fine and the left when activated just stays on and doesn't flash..the arrow indicator just stays illuminated until I click it off and doesn't flash. Flasher or a column issue?

 

That's indictive of a burnt out blub.


Liberty, not all flashers are built the same. Some take longer to warm up and flip over to make the connection to trip the signal, so they are all going to be a little different and sound a little different. But I know how OCD can be.

 

It is funny because the only reason the original flashers made noise was because that was how loud the electromechanical flasher was. These days turning lights on and off does not need a mechanical relay. People just got so use to the noise now they have to add stuff so it makes the sound the original designers did not even want.

I can remember my Dads 72 caddy they buried the flasher and added two small fiber optic lights right above the rear window. That way you did not have to hear the turn signals but if you left it on the turn signal the flash caught your eye in the rear view. I kind of liked that system. My guess is few people did.

 

If you have an issue with a shops work go back to that shop and tell them to fix it.

 

Thread from the dead, but the made in China POS flasher module died today, replaced it with a higher quality version and all good again! The flasher sounds like a real flasher -- finally! It can be had for <$12 at O'Reillys Auto Parts, etc.

Anyone doing this job, get a quality part, like the Littlefuse FLR232BP (BP just means Blister Pack BTW).

See page 2 of the PDF:
http://www.littelfuse.com/~/media/au..._datasheet.pdf

 

The only problem with the heavy duty versions is that most have no warning feature about a burnt out bulb. With the normals sizes, the flasher stops flashing if a bulb is burnt out. See the spec about working for 1-12 bulbs. That's a very wide range. The same is true for most electronic flashers.

 

Interesting, so how do you know that this flasher above does not perform that bulb warning function? What tells you that?

Actually, according to the PDF I linked, my unit is a variable load (# of flashers) electronic design.

 

First of all I said "most have no warning feature".

Second, notice the range of bulb loads permitted as 1-12, which is a wide range. See the first two paragraphs in the datasheet where it says the Variable load versions will flash for any quantity in the range and the Exact ones will only flash for the exact number specified. Let's say you have 4 bulbs, not counting the indicator. If one or two burn out, the Variable load one will still flash and you won't be warned about the burnt out bulb. The Exact versions will stop flashing because of the one bad bulb.