1997 Mazda Protege Headlight/Turn signal issue

1997 MAZDA PROTEGE
123,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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PSYCHOBOB
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My turn signals work great till I turn on the headlights. When the headlights are activated my right turn signal doesn't work and the dash indicator stays lit, Help!!!
Apr 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM
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KHLOW2008
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Hi psychobob,

Seems you have a ground circuit problem.

Does the turn signals work correctly when the brakes are applied?

Get someone to apply the brakes with turn signal turned on while you watch the rear brake lights. If the work funny, the ground connetions are bad at rear taillights.

Another fault would be the front lights ground wires.
Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM
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