I have 2 subaru outbacks. #1 a 2000 limited with 200K+ and a 2010 limited to the MAX
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I have been fighting a turn signal issue that really should not be tough but turning onto a head banger!! The left turn signal began to blink at an excellerated pace. No problem-just need to change one of the lamps that must not be working. Problem was all the lamps were working. All lamps with good strong lights just the driver side blinking fast. Looks like I just have to wing it. I start by changing the left rear lamp--no change. I move to the left front,change it --no change. WTF Ok I will change them all the way around. No change--the left side still blinks fast, right side works fine. I'm at my wits end. My next move is to move the front left lamp(blinks fast) to the front right side. Now the right side blinks fast.
Bingo I must have gotten a bad lamp I take the "good lamp" I had removed from right side that had been working and move to left side. **** now both sides blink fast!! At this point I am moving lamps around so much my head begins to spin. I go buy all new lamps all the way around and nothing is changing. Fast blinkers all around. I have a number of friends who make their living working on cars and they are baffled by this.. Now take into account the emergency flashers work just fine. I have to believe the flasher itself has to be good(right) maybe not- one friend tells me the one flasher takes care of everything but could be faulty. I go to my local parts store and they have one that supposedly will work--wrong. This replacement won't make any thing blink!! OK
subaru has some things only OEM from subaru will fix. I order a flasher replacement-**** expensive little bugger by the way. I install -turn the key,try the left blinker(the original problem) and it works just like it should!!! OK all is good in the world. I try the right blinker-------it blinks fast. Again WTF. I take the old flasher and reinstall and all blinkers blink too fast. I'm fast losing my mind. Now I am digging in my heals because this **** thing is not going to beat me. Turn signals have a single element 1056. Just for the heck of it I activate the turn signal and push a duel element 1157 in the socket and it blinks just fine. Problem is the lamp will not lock into socket because the little **** on lamp are offset. So I file off the offending tit and drop a bit of solder to make a new tit to match a 1156. All lamps are working like they should. What does this tell me. Do I have a resistance problem in my lighting circuit somewhere. Anyone got any ideas as to what kind of gremlin I'm dealing with. I guess I need to tell you this is a 2000 OBL/2.5 with 210000 miles

Bingo I must have gotten a bad lamp I take the "good lamp" I had removed from right side that had been working and move to left side. **** now both sides blink fast!! At this point I am moving lamps around so much my head begins to spin. I go buy all new lamps all the way around and nothing is changing. Fast blinkers all around. I have a number of friends who make their living working on cars and they are baffled by this.. Now take into account the emergency flashers work just fine. I have to believe the flasher itself has to be good(right) maybe not- one friend tells me the one flasher takes care of everything but could be faulty. I go to my local parts store and they have one that supposedly will work--wrong. This replacement won't make any thing blink!! OK
subaru has some things only OEM from subaru will fix. I order a flasher replacement-**** expensive little bugger by the way. I install -turn the key,try the left blinker(the original problem) and it works just like it should!!! OK all is good in the world. I try the right blinker-------it blinks fast. Again WTF. I take the old flasher and reinstall and all blinkers blink too fast. I'm fast losing my mind. Now I am digging in my heals because this **** thing is not going to beat me. Turn signals have a single element 1056. Just for the heck of it I activate the turn signal and push a duel element 1157 in the socket and it blinks just fine. Problem is the lamp will not lock into socket because the little **** on lamp are offset. So I file off the offending tit and drop a bit of solder to make a new tit to match a 1156. All lamps are working like they should. What does this tell me. Do I have a resistance problem in my lighting circuit somewhere. Anyone got any ideas as to what kind of gremlin I'm dealing with. I guess I need to tell you this is a 2000 OBL/2.5 with 210000 miles