2003 Chevrolet Malibu Turn Signals

LABABY

MEMBER
2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU
FWD
AUTOMATIC
125,974 MILES

It started out that the turn signals in the front and rear of the car would stop flashing once in a while. And what I mean by that they would just stay lit up instead of flashing. A few hours to sometimes a day later they would start working again. Just in the last couple days they stopped flashing completely decided to check the hazards as well and it's doing the same, it lights up but no flashing. I've checked the fuses and bulbs they're all good. I need help with what the problem is and how easy is it to fix and is it expensive? Please get back to me asap I'm a delivery driver and really depend on my turn signals thank you

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CARADIODOC

MECHANIC
33,738 POSTS

Yup, it's an expensive fix, at least to me it is. The days are gone when we had very reliable thermal flashers that cost less than three bucks. Now we have very unreliable and expensive electronic flashers. I have no idea what problem the engineers found a solution for, but the most likely suspect is the flasher assembly. They do both functions, signals and hazard flashers. They're different, of course, for every car brand so if you go to a salvage yard, get one from the same car model to be sure it's the right one.