...ok, maybe not exactly but if someone could help an idiot like me, I'd really appreciate it!

2002 C4S w/ 35k miles -
My passenger-side rear turn signal is blinking very rapidly. (as is the interior indicator light) Does this mean the bulb is going out or the relay is bad? Anyone know if this is an easy fix on these cars?

Thanks all,
-B

 

How old is the blinker fluid???


Lol..sorry im no help. I had that go wrong in my truck and it was the relay, but no idea how to fix it in our cars!

 

Don't know about the 996 but on my old honda it ment the bulb was about to go...

 

try changing the bulb first...had the problem on another car; the bulb is double-filament and it's probably out

 

As far as I know, it means that one of the bulbs in that side is out...

 

Thanks guys - I'll try the bulb first...

 

x2 on the blinker fluid, god that is !!

 

Try a new bulb first because it's quick and easy. But I had the same problem and a new bulb did not fix it. The service dept. at Rusnak Porsche said that this happens all the time: The metal contact for the front flasher bulb is not making good contact with the bulb. This causes the system to think that the bulb is dead. He removed the headlight and bent the metal tab a bit to give it better contact with the bulb. It took him about 2 minutes, and the problem never came back.

 

Running into the same problem....

Driver side front turn signal not working... bulb not coming on. Replaced bulb. Raised the contact a bit to make sure it was good...nothing... get the same fast flashing from the cluster and the rear light... replaced rear light as well...

Turn on the hazards an three of the lights work but not the front driver's side.

Is there a flasher for each corner??? Where are these located? I want to try swapping them to see if that is the culprit (just enough time to get to the dealer for a part if that is it)...

 

The rest of the lights in the front driver's side housing work... so it is not an issue with the plug, contacts for that bulb are clean... I have pretty much covered everything I can/know... Called the local Porsche service dept to make an appointment as they pretty much tried to walk me thru the same steps I had done.

Just weird that it stopped working... I will have them check the issue with the rear fog light as well (only the driver rear side fog light works, this is after replacing bulbs and checking contacts... just weird...)**EDIT** I was told that this is normal... in the USA only one works to avoid people mistaking it for brake lights being on...**

I will pull out the light one more time and make sure there is continuity between the bottom contact and the contact in the side of the plug. Clean it again and call it a day...

Maybe a cold one will help Cheers!

 

Just to give you the outcome of mine.

Well... before leaving the car for service this morning I decided to take out both lights and compare the sockets. Sure enough... and not sure how I did not notice... but the socket contact was a little bit melted and pushed inside not allowing it to make contact with the housing contact. It was very obvious once I compared it with the other one.

Placed an order for a new one - Part No. 996-631-118-00 (US$20.90)

I bent slightly the housing contact and it is working for now but best to just put a new socket in there to avoid the contact area to get hot again...

Photo of the bad side of the socket, notice how the contact is not sticking out as it should... possibly due to a bad contact area that created a hot spot and melted the plastic around the contact allowing it to get pushed inside:




Good side:

 

Thanks! I haven't had time to screw w/ mine, but every once in a while the blinker will work properly, which leads me to believe its a similar problem. We'll see...