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#18 of 20 Re: i've always had cars with amber turn signals [pmnj] by captainenfield Feb 21, 2009 (7:22 am)
Replying to: pmnj (Jan 18, 2009 6:01 pm) A little more than half of the cars I have owned have had amber rear turn signals but I never really paid much attention to the concept until about a year or two ago. Most of those were Toyotas and one Honda Civic. The vehicles with red rear turn signals were all GM. It's strange how sometimes things just happen to dawn on you in life.   I believe amber rear turn signals are far superior in terms of being more distinguishable than red ones. Tail and brake lights are fine being red but when you throw in the turn signal/flasher as red they become much less effective. Any external light that flashes on a car should be amber, not red.   I have noticed with regards to recent model years that several foreign models such as Honda, Nissan, Audi and some Toyotas have switched to red but separate rear turn indicators. At least they haven't gone as far as the domestics and combined one bulb to handle all of the tail light functions. In my opinion this is lame and a rip- off.   Occasionally American car brands will interject an amber rear turn light with a new or redesigned model year and then switch back to red in a subsequent year or two or go as far as combining all functions using the "interrupter" type with only one bulb. It's sad and disappointing that car makers will use rear turn signal treament for styling or model year separation rather then safety.   I have become interested in the Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan as a choice for a possible next car but ruled out the Fusion because of the fact that it uses one bulb to perform all tail light functions. Again this is lame and disregards safety in my view. Really, the only main difference in the two models is the tail light cluster, oh and maybe the grill. Replies to this message: nippononly (Feb 24, 2009 7:28 am)
#19 of 20 Re: i've always had cars with amber turn signals [captainenfield] by nippononly Feb 24, 2009 (7:28 am)
Replying to: captainenfield (Feb 21, 2009 7:22 am) I agree, it is extremely lame when automakers combine brake and turn signals into a single bulb(s). Then when you turn your signal on or hit the brake, it's not clear at first whether you are turning or braking.   If they have a separate turn-only bulb but it is red, that is better, but I still prefer the amber turn signal - there's no doubt what that is as soon as it starts to flash.   Honda goes back and forth - it is one of their standard mid-generation refresh aspects to change the rear turn signal from amber to red or vice versa. The current Civic has returned to an amber signal, so now is the time to get a Civic! The first three years of the current Civic had separate but red turn signals.
#20 of 20 Replace Rear LED Turn Signal by orlyn Mar 01, 2009 (8:00 pm)
Searched for info but all I found was preferences over whether one should be red or amber. But, here my problem. Right rear TS blinks at only half power level (brightness) of the left one. LF blinks at normal brightness. Also when this happens the LF & LR signal go into extremely fast mode. Owners Manual says this is an indication of bad bulb in front, however, 2 new bulbs in LF didn't cure the problem. Could the LR TS be going out? Where can one obtain an LED replacement if that is the case. All & any info will be helful & appre..

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