19Cutlass94 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Well Ive had this problem for about 2 days now. Ive been pulled over for it a number of times. The side marker, turn signal bulb, is very very dim. Ive had four or five brand new bulbs in and they all do the same thing. Ive checked the fuses and they are all good. Im leaning towards a ground problem. But what I need to know is where is the ground for a right side (passengers side) turn signal, side marker, on a '94 Cutlass Supreme SL? I need to get this fixed very soon because Im tired of getting pulled over for "failure to signal" because the bulb doesnt work so the right turn signal does work. Please help me on this one guys, I dont wanna have half the front end apart trying to look for it when I dont know where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Could this be a flasher problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted August 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I guess you could say that. I go to turn right, signal that Im going to turn right, and the arrow just stays on, its the side marker thats causing the problems, but i dont know where the ground is for that bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadz34 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I think you can ground it anywhere you want. I'm no master with electricity but the frame is a ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 but he has to find where its ground factory in order to sfix it. theres no point in regrounding it if once you find the wire you can just follow it back anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadz34 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Yeah, I tried :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharged400sbc Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 since you didnt specify location of the problem bulb the RF turn signal/side marker and parking lamp ground at the RF radiator support G109 the left side front stuff grounds at the LF radiator support G108 for the rear lamps (turn/stop/parking/backup) they all ground at G301 (UNDER RIGHT FRONT SEAT) there are few splices all of them on the black wire going to the G301 ground location... since all the rear lamps ground at that location look for a pinched/damage wire on the affected bulbs, you might just want to add a ground at the problem bulbs and see if that fixes the problem before going further... Regards, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 RF turn signal/side marker and parking lamp ground at the RF radiator support G109 Thats what I needed! I thought I might have mentioned what one it was I needed but o well. Thank you very much for that. Should make my job tomorrow alot easier. Thanks again James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 yes, you definatly have excessive resistance in your circuit, obvious check your connections for corrotion, a commen problem for voltage drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Well I found the ground and found out what the problem is. The inner turn signal, the ground is at the radiator support. the side marker, the ground on that runs all the way under the dash and there it splices with the ground for the inner turn signal. Why does GM have to make that a bitch? Why couldnt they just spilce the two grounds right there instead of having to run two wires under the dash to splice them. If I want to fix it right, the dash has to come out. Ill end up just regrounding it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Sure it's not a turn signal switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Na its not the switch. Because when I was looking at it, I hooked up a temp. ground, aligator clip with a wire, hooked the clip up the to studs on the strut tower, and the wire to the ground side of the bulb, and it lit up the way it should. When I took away that ground wire, it went back to being very very dim. So it is a bad ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty4477 Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Are turns signals required by law on the side in additon to the front of cars? I have seen some older ones that don't look like they have them on the side.........anybody know?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFromColorado Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 the law states (I had to learn this for my Z-34) that you need forward projecting lamps (headlights) forward flashing directional indicators (turn signals), rear flashing directional indicators (turn signals), stop lamps one on each side and one in the middle (CHSL as of 88 or something, can't remmeber the year) illuminated rear license plate holder, reverse direction lamps, hazzard flashing indicators, parking lamps. the laws go into details about distance the headlights need to be illuminating (min, and max), headlight candlepower (min and max) colors you can and cannot use, stuff like that - nowhere does it say you are required to have corner markers on automobiles (although trailers are a different story) but if your signals do not flash, that's an other story, they can stop ya for that one. --Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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