Turn signal light stays green, no turn signals

[Sl!mJ!m]

I got in my car to get gas and I must have hit the turn signal switch arm with my leg getting in and I started it up and the turn signal light was on and acting normal, then I heard a pop like a fuse and the light stayed on, I checked my fuses they were fine, I even changed out my switch relay and still have the same problem. Any guesses as to why?

[rcroane]

Is the signal bulb coming on?
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'65 Sunroof Bug

[Sl!mJ!m]

On the dash the light stays on solid but the turn signals are not on.

[mukluk]

I'm guessing by "switch relay" you mean the flasher relay. Is the new flasher the exact same as the old one? Is it a two or a three terminal flasher?

What year is your Bug, is it 6v or 12v, and are you running standard bulbs or LED?
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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[Wingbolt]

I just picked up a 75 Westie and I ran into the same problem the second day I owned it. Turns out I used the hazard switch at some point and when I was done, it wasn't getting pushed all the way in (off) and it caused that solid blinker light in the gauge. The body of the hazard switch was loose behind the panel and prevented the switch from going all the way closed. I reached behind the panel and pushed forward on the hazard switch body and push the knob in at the same time. Voila, turn signals work again.
I need to figure out how to properly mount that hazard switch so it's not loose.

[bwaz]

take the knob off and tighten it up with a screw driver or tool like this.
https://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ZVW-012-941

[bwaz]

[shokwave2]

I had that same problem a few weeks ago: turn signal light stays on but they don't flash. Turned out the flasher relay was gone. Did you buy the exact same flasher as the older one? Wires connected to correct terminals on flasher? My bet it's the flasher.
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Drive it like you stole it.

[KTPhil]

And some flasher relays need their case grounded in order to work.

What year?

[jw73]

similar problem but
73 bug
replaced flasher control module x2, turn signal switch in steering column, fuses and made sure emergency button is tight and in all the way. still no turn signals or emergency signals

signal light just stays on green when engaging turn signal , no light when key on or off and emergency nob engaged
checked all bulbs

any ideas what else to do? thanks

[keithp]

Did we ever get an answer to this? Got the same problem and don't know where to look!

[EVfun]

There are multiple causes. Do you have LED turn signals? Do the generator and oil pressure light work? How many terminals on your flasher? Do you have an old type mechanical flasher or newer solid state unit? Have you recently replaced anything in the turn signal system? Oh, and what year Bug? There are differences in the 4-way flasher system that tie into the turn signal system.
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[ashman40]

OP you didn't ID the model year and model of your Beetle. Different years have different fuse boxes and different fuses power different things.

My initial guess is that the fuse powering the indicator lamps has blown. Some earlier years (pre-'70) actually didn't fuse this wire.

Another thing to check is that you didn't accidentally connect a ground wire to the bottom most terminal on the speedometer. This looks like it should be a shared ground wire for the 3 indicator lamps there at the bottom of the speedometer, but in fact this terminal is a shared 12v+ for the indicator lamps. If you remove or swap this 12v+ wire for a ground wire strange things happen.

The very last thing is your flasher relay could have finally died. To test, disconnect the turn indicator lamp (or just remove the bulb from the bulb holder). Test that your turn signals still work normally. If they do, it is likely the flasher relay is still good. If it doesn't work you know it is bad. If it works but then stops working when you reconnect the indicator lamp you probably have a bad flasher relay.
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