ok any body i need a little bit of help why doesnt my hazard lights work and why doesnt my turn signals work ? well so far i have tookin off the plastic parts and i have gotten down to the nitty gritty but question ? i traced back the wries to the turn signal flasher unit ? its kinda big about 4 inches long and has 3 prongs? but the real mistery is why is there a emepty sopt for a smaller flasher maybe ? if so is that one for the emergency flasher ? if so why is it missing ? the boogie man !! he stole it !! lol ok enough of the game but does any body know ? my 280zx is a 1982 7th month of 1982 280zx turbo 2+2 ? any help yall ?


1982 280zx turbo running great now !!! 2+2 blue out side blue inside
1993 300zx non turbo 2+2 white exterior black leather inside.

Nismo619

 

Have U Checked The Fuses?

 

yes i have checked all the fuses all are perfectly fine.. i was told that the emergency flasher unit controls everything including the turn signals , as stated my emergency lights dont work neather do my turn signlas, but i can turn on the night time lights all the out side lights work just fine its just im getting tired puting my dam hand out the window to signal witch way im gonna turn ! lol i kinda look retarded in such a bad *** car doing that u know. umm any other help ?

 

sounds like the flasher switch or the relay. Take em out & check em. Relay shouldn't be more than a couple bucks. Check the switch for broken connections (especially solder points)

 

doesn any one know if the 280zx has 2 flasher units? if so.. what are the numberz ? u know one of the flashers looks like a 3 prong 1 up 1 left 1 right but there is a little green wire next to the flasher unit that looks like this 1 up 1 straight down ? does any body carry this one ? nismopic do u have a 280zx and if so could u look for me ? please

 

I would, but I'm at work. Have u thought about getting a repair manual... like Haynes or Chilton ? They help a lot!

 

ok well i took off the little white thing looks like 2 " C " clamps that hold onto the turn flasher unit .. but there is a smaller one ? so im gearing up to say there must be a hazard flaher missing ? im wondering were i could get the right one from ?

 

There is only one flasher unit for both the turn signals and the hazard signals. As far as the second small clip goes though, I don't know what goes there, but it's not the flasher. Chances are since neither work that its gotta be one of the things that Nismo recommended. Check the switch (you can do this with a mulitmeter) and if that checks out all right then my recommendation would be to change the flasher (which you can also check with a DVM).

And on a side note, the reason that there is a second clamp attached to the first (if it's one piece) may be because it serves a purpose in another model of Nissan. I guarantee that Nissan didn't make a flasher clamp specifically for the Z. Of course there could be something that's supposed to got there, but it's not a second flasher for this car.

 

Well I am aware that the wiring lume can be substituted for a pintara one if necesary. But my hazards arn't working as of current but both indicators work. I know my problem and going to fix it today stupid 25 year old soldering. lol. I would check the wiring lume to see if there are any burnt contacts in it. My first one had that problem due to the old guy before me hot wiring the driving lights. Had to go and re-wire all the lights from the lume onwards.

 

sigh i still have no luck every body.. i cant figure this one out.... um i went to auto zone and they called for a 2 prong flaher for the emgergency flahser but that one still doesnt do it..so every one is telling me to check the harnesses whitch i have and still nothing is there some type of relay any were on the car that could be wrong ? or dead? does any one else know ? i installed a new flasher unit cost me 9.99 please any body else have any other ideas ? e-mail me whitetiger88101@yahoo.com thanks, nismo619

280zxt
300zx 1993 n/a/

 

sometimes if my hazard light switch isn't in just the right spot it stops my turn signal
from working ....i thought my blinkers had went out but i was wrong ...i wiggled the hazard light switch and my blinkers started working again .......well this may not be your problem but i just wanted to share

 

I had that happen once too... that hazard switch is kinda touchy