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Bad Habit

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my blinkers work fine but since ive been sick lately i noticed how loud they click while sitting at a light, i know my senses are a lil tweaked it was weird driving the wife to the dr this morning, but they are rather annoying can i quiet them down or shut the clicking off with out disabling the blinkers....
 

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Jay,
The clicking is being emitted by a electro-mechanical relay designed to sound like the old plug-in turn signal relay. The clever ******** also increase the speed of the flashing signal and the clicking noise just like they did when operated by the plug-in turn signal relay if one of the lamps is burned out. But it is actually being controlled by the FCM. But to answer your question, after removing the cluster panel you should beable to "foam" the the relay little speaker slots.

² Turn Signal-On Input - Each time the cluster
detects a turn signal-on input from the turn signal
switch circuitry of the multi-function switch on the
turn/hazard switch mux circuit, the requested turn
signal lamps and turn signal indicator will be flashed
on and off, and an electromechanical relay soldered
onto the cluster electronic circuit board will produce
a clicking sound to emulate a conventional turn signal
flasher. The turn signals and the turn signal
indicators continue to flash on and off until the cluster
receives a turn signal-off input from the multifunction
switch, or until the ignition switch is turned
to the Off position, whichever occurs first. The
instrument cluster also sends an electronic message
to the FCM over the PCI data bus, and the FCM
flashes the appropriate exterior turn signal lamps. If
the FCM detects an inoperative turn signal circuit, it
increases the flash rate for the remaining operative
turn signals and sends an electronic message to the
instrument cluster. The instrument cluster then
increases the flash rate of the turn signal indicator
and the clicking rate of the electromechanical relay
to provide an indication of the problem to the vehicle
operator.
Good luck...
 
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im gonna have to figure out how to muffle that sound some i hate it i always have
 

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Somedays it seems louder than other doesn't it, haha sometimes I'll be sitting at a light and wanna kill someone and other times i barely notice it.
 
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its annoying as hell, i guess i only hear it when i dont have the stereo cranked....
 

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Yea if the radio is on I don't really notice it either but if its off then it can get annoying lol
 
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jack my senses have been a fubbed up lately and sometimes you dont realize how annoying a certain thing is until something like this comes up, and yeah when i do drive the radio is quite loud most times but man i been sick and havent had the radio on and the blinkers in my truck are just effin loud yours maybe quieter but mine are the loudest i ever heard....
 

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Fat Jack, you are almost there.
I'm deaf so none of that stuff bothers me. lol
 

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I have a buddy and the friend who installed his subs and door speakers wired them in with the blinkers some how so now his blinkers can be heard no joke by the car next to him, now thats annoying. Thats what you get when you get a Chevy.
 
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