2000 Hyundai Sonata blinking drive lights

2000 HYUNDAI SONATA
130,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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DELLEV56
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when I put my car in drive,the dashboard lights where the drive gear is starts to blinking as does the chronometer in the cd player.do i have a short or a bad flasher?
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Delos E Levack
Mar 26, 2010 at 8:43 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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It sounds like a bad ground. Have you checked for bad body grounds? Also, does the vehicle have a factory alarm?

Let me know.

Joe
May 24, 2010 at 3:05 AM
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DELLEV56
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well your perceptions seem to be accurate.now that it has gotten warmer,the blinking has stopped.no there is no alarm installed on the car.I'm going to clean the ground behind the fuse box and ck connections going to it.there is however a black wire hanging down from the wire harness and have no idea where it goes to or why it is just hanging there
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Delos
Jun 30, 2010 at 6:48 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Is there any type of connector at the end of the black wire? Also, use a volt meter to see if there is any power going through it. If there isn't chances are it is a ground.

Let me know.
Joe
Jun 30, 2010 at 3:48 PM
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