possible electrical issues

[jcmonteman]

i have lately, and in the past, had minor troubles with electrical type things in my car. First it was the headlights at night, sometimes they would completely randomly turn off...it may have been due to me maybe hitting a bump, i cant remember...but i think it was random...but then when i would mess with the little knob, cuz i was freakin since i was going 60 w/o headlights...but they always turned right back on when i messed with the knob...

today my blinkers were acting up so to speak...they kinda act like there is a loose connection, they work, but sometimes when they are supposed to be on, they just arnt...i tested my hazard lights also, they do the same thing...although, with them...when you hold the button for hazard lights it always works...this wont work with blinkers i dont think since u cant really hold the lever.

just wondering if there is possibly a loose connection and how i might be able to fix this without having someone spend 5 hrs looking over everything just to tell me that its one loose wire...and charge me $500

 

[mechguy]

Wondering if that might be a turn-signal-switch. IDK....what functions are all performed by the TSS?

As with almost every electrical problem, diagnosis is done by checking voltage with a DMM. That would be the way to surely find what it is.

 

[jcmonteman]

well...that is gonna be hard...cuz i just went out and turned the car on and they were working flawlessly...but before they would either not work, or they would kinda spaz out...hazard lights spazed out the worst...it could be a bad fuse possibly?

 

[mechguy]

Not a bad fuse. When a fuse melts its done. There is no circuit then.

 

[jcmonteman]

ok...hmmm...im still thinking its just a semi-loose connection somewhere...because i think it only does it when im driving, hence, small bumps could bump it in and out of place if its not barely out