How to locate and change the turn signal flasher on a 2001 Corvette?

Answer 1

Got this from Corvette Forum The emergency flash button -- guess what, the flasher unit is immediately behind it! Here's the sucker once it's out. The black push button on the front just pulls off away from the dashboard. The real GM manual instructions have you pull your whole dash off to remove this relay. I did mine with a brute force alternative. Take off the trim panel that goes around your radio and A/C and take off the knee panel above the pedals (see these directions -- http://www.vetteessentials.com/inst...ezel_howto.html). You'll also need to pull the radio. To do this, remove the two hex-head screws shown in the following picture, located in the light metal colored tabs extending left and right from the radio. Then pull the radio toward you. Next, you'll need to unplug the connectors from the back of the radio. They have a button to push with your thumb, which is demonstrated in the following picture, but of course you'll be doing this when the plug is still in the back of the radio. Here?s the other connectors, which also have the same type of push button, as shown in this picture after they have been disconnected from the rear of the radio. Once you have the trim pieces off and the radio out, you'll see the underside of the unit which has a tab that you can push upward -- there's also such a tab on top, but you can't get to it unless you pull the dash. In the second picture above, you can see the top tab. Push on the bottom one of those tabs with a screwdriver, and at the same time give the front of the unit a whack (note -- this picture was taken only to demonstrate the technique, and actually is the new relay after I had put the radio back in). Use a punch or chisel, and keep it to the right so it is not pushing against the push-button mechanism. If you hit it correctly, it'll slide toward the front of the car. Snake it down and here's what it'll look like: A new one is about $40 from a dealer. Plug it in, snake it back up and clip it place, reverse your steps and you're done.