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Old March 26th, 2017, 10:37 AM
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Whenever I put a turn signal on in my 2015 Silverado 1500 LT I will get a service notice on the DIC saying that there is a Left/Right rear turn indicator failure but whenever it says this I check the taillights and the indicators are working just fine. Any ideas on why it would tell me there is a failure when they are working just fine? I have aftermarket taillights but I don't see how that would affect the electronic signal from the actual lights.
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Are your aftermarket taillights LED's?
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Yeah they are, didn't even consider that till you said it. Do you know of a work around to keep it from giving me that notification?
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There are resistors made for LED lights. That probably will work because LED lights don't have the resistance of regular bulbs.
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I took the tail lights off and the resistors were already plugged up and I tried switching the wires they were connected to and still had the problem. They are Anzo USA tail lights and the only thing I can see that might be causing is the dealer placed the resistors on the actual tail lights instead of the body of the truck.
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Did it start doing this right away after installation? Maybe the resistors are the wrong value for the truck. Do you have LED bulbs in the front also?
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The same problem happened to me right after I replaced my battery. Lights are working but just blink faster when error appears after about three seconds.
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Originally Posted by Zoltar The Decimator
The same problem happened to me right after I replaced my battery. Lights are working but just blink faster when error appears after about three seconds.

I just replaced my bad battery today, and it’s currently doing the same thing, did you find a fix ?
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Originally Posted by Courtney Veinotte
I just replaced my bad battery today, and it’s currently doing the same thing, did you find a fix ?
My battery ran dead last night, and I had to jump start it. My turn signals are doing the same thing, what did you find fixes it?
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Originally Posted by Anthony Williams
My battery ran dead last night, and I had to jump start it. My turn signals are doing the same thing, what did you find fixes it?
I broke the tail light cover, replaced it with the same bulb (the bulb didn't break ) Now I'm getting error message saying: left turn indicator failure? But the lights, blinkers, etc...still work, blinker blinks fast though?
Any advice?

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