Stereo & Electronics - turn signal socket problem

blinker quit working, so I bought a new bulb, pulled the socket out of the housing and whamo!

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Anyone else got this problem?

Almost everybody. The front lights on our cars are infamous for trapping water and corroding the sockets. You can try cleaning with contact cleaner and then packing with dielectric grease or you can buy replacement pigtails from your local auto parts store.

it wasn't corroding, but burnt looking. Contacts are clean inside.

Probably just going to buy new pigtails.

it wasn't corroding, but burnt looking. Contacts are clean inside.

Probably just going to buy new pigtails.
If you mean that nicely browned look of the insulator - that's normal. Time and heat will turn the normally white insulator that shade of brown, sort of like the color of used spark plugs. It won't cause a problem unless the shape is distorted like it's actually melting.

Check that the bulbs are 3157 and not something hotter like 3357 or 3457.

Mine was the exact same way...and it IS burnt to a crisp. I ended up going to a junk yard and found the exact same socket hanging out of a wrecked Buick 4 door of all things. I don't know what caused it but it was definetly burnt up...not just browned.

yep, same thing to me, make sure to do both of them while you are at it, i made that mistake. now i have to do the right when i have spare time :<