My '87 does this with the left signal as well and my wife's '02 Golf has
developed the same issue. From talking to other VW owners I have found
that this is a common problem with many different models of varying
years.

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Greg Potts
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Left Turn Signal Blinks Fast
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> I have seen turn signal circuits blink faster when the load is
> increased... like when attaching a trailer light harness.
>
> Perhaps you have some corrosion developing at a connection or socket
> that is adding additional load to the circuit.  If it's not the
flasher
> and it's not the bulbs, then it pretty much has to be a wiring issue.
> But before you check the wiring, double-check the bulbs and verify
that
> the sockets are clean and corrosion free and swap in known good bulbs
> "just because". If the socket cleaning and bulb swap doesn't change
> things, then you've got some wiring to examine.
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
> 1988 Vanagon GL 8-passenger Automatic
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
>
>
> On 23-Mar-05, at 2:38 PM, Bruce Nadig wrote:
>
> > Howdy From Texas,
> >
> > I already know what most of you will be saying, but you can save
your
> > breath. No, none of my turn signal bulbs are burned out. They have
been
> > double, and triple checked.
> >
> > Here is the story. One day, while I was just driving along, I turned
> > my left
> > turn signal on. It started to blink very quickly. Earlier in this
same
> > drive
> > it had not done this. I assumed that I had just burned a bulb out.
> > However,
> > I checked all the bulbs, and they are just fine, they just blink
very
> > rapidly.
> >
> > My right turn signal blinks at the normal speed, and both bulbs
> > illuminate
> > properly. It is only the left side that does this. I haven't
installed
> > new
> > bulbs recently. I'm using the same bulbs I have had in for a long
time.
> >
> > I don't get it. Any ideas?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bruce
> > motorbruce@hotmail.com
> >
> >