Rear Turn Signals on 996.... - Ducati.ms

92cobra · Jan 9th, 2012, 12:14 pm

I am installing some aftermarket rear turn signals from competition werks on my 99 996 and I plugged them in and the light comes on and stays on with the relay making this errrrrrrrrrrrr noise until I switch the signal off???
Now the light is not an LED but a similar incandescent bulb. I did not pull the relay off and check it yet but I would assume the relay is bad in this case or maybe the turn signal switch?

Anyone else ran into this before?
Thanks,
David

freshage · Jan 9th, 2012, 1:12 pm

Got the blue and red wire the right way round? Not sure if it makes a difference...

davy.j · Jan 9th, 2012, 5:18 pm

Plug the old ones back in & see if the problem goes away.

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92cobra · Jan 10th, 2012, 7:52 am

Davy - I was thinking the same thing so when I got home I tried that and the same thing happened. I even tried the front turn signals and when switched on the light stays on and the relay goes ERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!.

So I am going to try another relay and see if that will cure it.

Thanks for the input guys!

davy.j · Jan 10th, 2012, 8:17 am

Sounds like you have a positive to the indicators going straight to earth which the relay sees as no load so oscillates rapidly (small load, fast flash, larger load slow flash)
The indicators probably are flashing, just that fast you can't see it.
Perhaps the wire terminals in one of the indicators are touching one another.

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92cobra · Jan 12th, 2012, 9:32 am

Found the problem in the flashing relay. Replaced and all good now!
Thanks for the input.