The flasher near the steering column is for the emergency lights, the flasher for the signals is just to the right of the radio, left of the glove box. Curl your fingers under the dash and feel around, you'll find it. A cylindrical cannister, maybe about an inch tall and an inch and a half in diameter ? It is on the bottom most fold of metal on the dash so you shouldn't have to do any extreme reaching.
If you hear the ticking from the flasher, then it is not the problem. Even if you don't hear ticking from the flasher, it isn't necessarily the problem.
First off, is the speed slow/nonexistant when signaling left, or right, or both? Or does the signal stay on solid without flashing?
There are 3 bulbs in parallel on each side of the car. The turn signal indicator in the grill, the indicator in the dash, and one fillament of the tail light bulb. Of course, these are replicated for the opposite side of the car. If one of these bulbs is either burnt out, or has a poor connection, the flasher will fail to flash, or will flash at an abnormal rate. So check all the bulbs, sockets, and associated connections. Often you will find the inside of the socket will have some corrosion in it causing a faulty connection. Sand it down a bit, and also make sure the socket has a good solid ground on the housing or frame.
If, when signaling, none of the lights at all illuminate (and conseqently no ticking), I would suspect the switch in the steering column or associated connection. The harness connecter of the steering column switch tend to get finiky every now and then.
I just recently went through this issue. When signaling left all was dandy, when signaling right all the indicator lights stayed on solid. The right tail light socket wasn't getting a good ground on the housing. It was passing enough current to turn the lights on, but, not enough current to heat up the metal strip in the flasher to allow it to produce the flashing effect.
Also check the fuse box I can't be positive but I think there is a fuse for the flasher. May of been only for the emergency flasher not the signal one, can't be positive.
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