# Remedy for a quiet turn signal ticking **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702 "2013-04-15T06:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emerogork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Emerogork](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Emerogork)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/1 "2013-04-15T06:35:35Z")
On today’s show a caller spoke of not being able to hear the turn signal tick. I drive a Buick Estate Wagon with that same problem. I have never been able to find a different blinker. One day I was in K-Mart and saw a buzzer device that is attached to the fuse block allowing a buzzer to sound when you have left your lights on and the engine is off. I attached it across the flasher. Now it is too loud (-: I fixed that with a few layers of duct tape and am very happy, I can hear clearly now.,… ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/2 "2013-04-15T06:43:03Z")
Or you can get what’s called a heavy-duty flasher unit. These are installed in vehicles where trailer wiring is added if the vehicle didn’t come with trailer wiring. Because it’s a heavy-duty flasher unit it makes more noise when the signal is on and if the trailer wring isn’t added. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Marc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Big\_Marc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Big_Marc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/3 "2013-04-15T18:15:55Z")
they also make a “load” flasher that replacdes the oem flasher unit ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Marc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Big\_Marc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Big_Marc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/4 "2013-04-15T18:16:18Z")
thats loud not load sorry ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/5 "2013-04-15T19:02:33Z")
I can recall replacing the OEM flasher on my brother’s '64 VW bug with one from a 1948 (?) Chrysler. The reason for the replacement was that the OEM unit flashed too slowly. The much bigger Chrysler unit flashed at a more normal rate, and was louder, to boot. Of course, I did get a somewhat strange look at the parts counter when this 16 year-old walked in and asked for a '48 Chrysler flasher, but I’m sure that the store was happy to unload that old stock from their shelves. Anyway, my brother was delighted with my handiwork. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/6 "2013-04-16T01:21:14Z")
+1 for Tester. This is what I recommend for family and friends when they get a little older and hard of hearing. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remedy-for-a-quiet-turn-signal-ticking/78702/7 "2013-04-19T01:47:14Z")
There are also adapters available on the internet for hearing disabled drivers.