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rear turn signals
04/07/20 at 17:46:40

newbie here from San Antonio, just bought an 05 s40 at auction. has 2,500 miles and no mods. runs good ,but I'm having trouble with the rear turn signals and taillights. front lights work, opened up the turn signal switch and if i apply power to the red wire everything works. not sure where the power is supplied from? I tried tracing it back but no luck.looked at the schematic too. Any ideas? 1st time posting and I'm not sure if my pic will post .Thx!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: rear turn signals Reply #1 - 04/07/20 at 18:01:29 The rear is only turn signal, I think,,One end is,, I cant remember,, But all four arent lit up hen its running, IIRC
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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 874 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	Re: rear turn signals Reply #2 - 04/07/20 at 21:49:59 Only lights that are red are running lights, on a savage it's the tailight only Rear blinkers only blink
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: rear turn signals Reply #3 - 04/08/20 at 03:02:19 You might be fixin somethin that ain't even Broke.. Yet
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: rear turn signals Reply #4 - 04/08/20 at 06:39:38 Make sure you cycle the hazard switch on the right handle. I recently had an erratic turn signal and did what you did, only to find that when I toggled the hazard switch it broke loose whatever was stuck in there (because it never gets used) and all went back to normal behavior after that.
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garygrips YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: rear turn signals Reply #5 - 04/08/20 at 19:19:17 Thanks,I'll try that next.
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Re: rear turn signals
Reply #6 - 04/09/20 at 02:12:19

None of the wiring diagrams here show a red/white wire going to the turn signal switch.
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1294779818

My Clymers manual only goes out to 2004, and it shows the same.

I can't see the color of the wire on the far left terminal, but it could be green.

darn.. you got me curious now. I'll go outside and look at mine when it gets light out and if it isn't raining and if I don't have work to do.
My 2002 has a McGyver'd 2006 left switch bank on it, so it might look like yours.

What makes you think you have something broke? You didn't really say what was wrong.
As others said, the rear turn signals are turn signals only. Single filament bulbs.
Front turn signals are turn signal and running lights. Dual filament bulbs.

Anyway. Welcome to SuzukiSavage.com. I am also in San Antonio, so if you need local help, I might can do that. Could also hook up to go riding some time! Cheesy

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2002 - Silver (Thumper)
2000 - Green (Mad Hamish)
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut between the seat and the handlebars. Make sure yours isn't too tight or too loose.

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Re: rear turn signals
Reply #7 - 04/09/20 at 06:17:26

None of the turn signals work as well as the license plate light nor the running light of the brake light. Bulbs are all good . Tracing around I found if I apply power to the red(see pic) they all light up and if I signal left or right all works properly. Just wondering where the power comes from to supply this switch. I did pull the turn signal flasher relay and by-passed it and tested the wiring from there back,all good.

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Re: rear turn signals
Reply #8 - 04/09/20 at 06:56:02

Just took a look at my 2000.
That red/white wire is there as well. It is tied back to the blue wire somewhere in the harness. I have no idea where.
The Turn Signal switch is 2 separate SPST switches.
Blue connects with black for left turn.
Red/white connects with green for the right turn.
So, when you put power on the red/white, it is also going on the blue.

It could be your ignition switch. Try turning it all the way to "Park" and see if the tail light turns on.

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2002 - Silver (Thumper)
2000 - Green (Mad Hamish)
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut between the seat and the handlebars. Make sure yours isn't too tight or too loose.

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garygrips YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: rear turn signals Reply #9 - 04/09/20 at 07:03:14 Thanks for the help, I do need to replace the ignition switch anyway, it is pretty jacked up. I was wondering where the red/white went too ,so thx mystery solved. I'll order a new switch and post results.
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garygrips YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: rear turn signals Reply #10 - 04/22/20 at 18:55:33 Finally got my ignition switch/lock set in and it was the the Ignition switch! Needed the whole lock set anyway, Thanks for the help!
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