turn signal relay is bad.  they are about 8 bucks from the vw dealer
jason
87 syncro westy

>From: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Turn signal gremlins
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:55:29 -0700
>
>>  My turn signals work, but the left flashes rapidly. ...To make matters
>>worse, when the headlight switch is on, the right will not blink at all,
>>the indicator light just stays on solid.
>
>
>Yeah, like Larry A. says, sounds like a classic case of bad grounds. If the
>rapid flash is still there after the grounds are repaired, you can usually
>turn on the hazard flashers to find the culprit. All four corners will
>blink, and the dimmest one is usually the perpetrator. Check the wire to
>it,
>the bulb, the socket, and its ground. My right side flashes fast and the
>hazard light trick indicates it's the front right at fault. Too lazy to
>figure out what's wrong with it though.
>
>--
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"