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Old September 3rd 13, 02:56 PM posted to alt.autos.corvette
Steve[_65_]
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Default How to Increase the C6 turn signal tic tic tic

On or about Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:07:42 -0500, aRKay
> wrote or did cause to be written:

>I really like the new (to me) C6 but the turn signal sound (tic tic tic)
>is so low it is just about useless. Its there something like an old
>fashion flasher relay that can be changed to increase the sound level of
>the tic tic tic. It is swamped out by the engine and dual mode exhaust.
>
>Are the all low or is low tic tic tic sound mean something is wrong with
>mine?


As you were told before, there is no flasher relay. The turn signals
as well as almost everything else on the car is computer controlled.
The BCM (Body Control Module) decides when and how fast to flash the
lights and sends a signal across the data bus to the radio to make the
sounds. (The ECM (Engine Control Module) has nothing to do with this.)

Instead of worrying about the sound, just learn how the car was
designed to be used. The sound in your father's Oldsmobile was there
to remind him that the turn signal had been on for the past 10 miles.
The C6 will remind you with a chime and message on the DIC if you
forget for 30 seconds.

There are literally thousands of things done by the computers in this
car that used to be done mechanically. Computer control is better but
that also means that you shouldn't just go cutting and sparking wires
like you could in a mechanical car. Instead of just blowing a 10 cent
fuse you are likely to blow a several hundred dollar computer. If you
insist on modifying this car the first thing that is mandatory is a
set of shop manuals so that you can figure out which data bus has the
digital signal you need. See helminc.com
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