Trailer turn signal and my strobes. Someone save me!

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  1. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    Let me start off by saying ive looked all on this forum/website and cant find anyone who's has a similar issue.

    On my flip axle, all of my lights work however, when I turn my passenger side turn signal on, my driver side one comes on also!!! I know its somewhere in the trailer because its doing the same thing on the trailer tail lights also. (rgn w/ flip axle). I absolutely dont like going to a truck stop shop. But, here I am at the TA in Spartanburg SC,.....

    someone save me!!!!! And if not, at least this thread will be here to help someone who has future issues.
     
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  3. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    So blinkers on tractor work fine when trailer is not plugged in?

    If that is the case I would suspect that the 2 blinker circuits have shorted out to each other in the trailer somewhere.
     
  4. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    Yeah truck works fine with or without being hooked up to my trailer.
     
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    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    I unhooked my pigtail in the rear that goes from my trailer to the flip axle and same thing, so I know its in the trailer.
     
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  7. Jubal Early Times

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    Check the ground in the back of the trailer. You will have to pop the tail lights out. Should be grounded in that box. It’s back there. I can about promise. Unplug the flip and isolate it first.
     
  8. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    Yeah we were typing about the same time...I unplugged pigtail from trailer to flip and still doing it

    So, should there be a box on flip and trailer?
     
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    Jubal Early Times Road Train Member

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    When I said box I mean where your tail lights mount. Pop them out and you will find all kinds of wires. They tend to rub on the metal, but there will be a wire with an eyelet grounded in there. Those eyelets corrode and break. The last time on mine all my lights would blink when the signal was on.
     
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    A good test light will help
     
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