Fast Blinker with no bulbs out?

08GTS

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Hey guys,

Was wondering if anyone has experienced the turning signals blinking fast as if there was a bulb out, when there wasn't.

I just upgraded a lot of lighting stuff on the car and used LED bulbs, but know that as long as you get bulbs with resistors built in everything should be fine.

Any help would be cool.

Also here's what the car looks like kind of...
 

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BadHabit2Break

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What lights did you change out?

Have you tried putting the regular bulb back in and see of it does it?

The LED lights, as you indicated, flash fast due to it needing a resistor. Did you install an inline resistor, maybe the one built in is not working.
 

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I have this issue with the stock signals on my 05 Mazda 6. Not sure why, but it only happens during cold weather.
 

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bulb is on it's way out has been my experience
 

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Resistor as mentioned above. Either inline is not working, or was never there.
 

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The bulbs apparently were supposed to have them built in, but all side markers have LED's in them now. Front and rear. I'll pick up an actual inline resistor and see if that does it. Thanks.
 

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Mine does the same. I've got rear sequential LEDs and LEDs on the rear markers and front corner indicators. Resistor is what you need. I'm waiting on mine to arrive.
 

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Best way to troubleshoot multiple bulbs is to replace ALL with the stock bulbs. Then install the LEDs one at a time. If you try and troubleshoot them the opposite way, leaving all the LEDs installed and replacing one stock bulb at a time, if there's more than one bad LED, you'll go crazy back-tracking.
 

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