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Steve > wrote:

> 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

Thanks for the response. I will just have to learn to live with it.

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