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Old 05-28-2024, 05:56 PM
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Hi Everyone Need some help i have a 2004 Honda Accord EX 2 door coupe 3.0 V6 My son let a friend of his drive our car to a gas station well they ended up hitting one of the poles in front of a gas pump, they hit the left front fender, pushing the fender in about 2 2 1/2 inches ,which ended up breaking the turn signal bulb i replaced it with a new one , while out of the housing unit i tested to make sure it worked well it worked perfectly until i replaced it back into the house assembly and put everything back together went and tested again it it went back to blinking fast, checked all the fuses they where all got except one fuse number 16 under the hood so i replaced it tested again still nothing , i then replaced the relay under the driver side dash above the fuse box still nothing , so i then turned the car on turned lights on to make sure i wasn't missing something there they all worked turned the signals on again still the only one not working was front drivers side, turned the hazards on again all working except front drivers side. All the interior lights work perfectly kinda need some advice on next move/option.
 
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Old 05-28-2024, 06:55 PM
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Since the bulb worked out of the housing, remove the bulb from the housing, and look at the wire harness to see where it flexes or if the wire harness got pinched somewhere. You may have a partially broken wire or maybe the bulb isn't seated properly, loose pin at the socket is another posibility.
 

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Old 05-28-2024, 07:19 PM
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Thank you i will look into that Tomorrow as long as the rain hold off ,i will then get back with an update. Got another question under the hood in that fuse box fuse # 16 which is a 15a keeps blowing,could one of the things you mentioned be the reason?
 
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Old 05-28-2024, 07:32 PM
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That fuse is for the turn signal/hazard relay. I missed that all the turn signal bulbs weren't working, which means you have a blown fuse. Since it keeps blowing, you likely have a short to ground on the red/blu wire to that turn signal bulb. Follow the harness to find where the harness got damaged/pinched. Red/blu wire color is for the driver's side signal, or brn if you mean passenger side. Left/right on cars is from the perspective of the driver's seat.
 
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Old 05-28-2024, 07:35 PM
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ok thank you much,its greatly appreciated
 
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Old 05-29-2024, 05:50 PM
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Finally fixed!! turns out the bulb didn't wanna stay snug in the socket ,but after playing with it some i got it to stay and now it works perfectly . Thank you again
 
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Old 05-29-2024, 10:10 PM
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That explains the bulb not working. If the fuse blows again, then you'll need to inspect the wire harness.

Thanks for hopefully posting the outcome.
 
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