The bulb is bad. Turn signals and flashers use different bulbs.
If it had a short it would blow a fuse. You probably have a faulty flasher relay.
The most probable answer is that you have a bad flasher.
Check the bulbs, check the fuse, check the flasher relay, in that order.
it would be the bulb.
Generally, the tail "light" and the tail light "blinker" are two different bulbs. Check the blinker bulb first. If it is OK, then it is likely a fuse to a flasher unit.
i would like to add on the c4's there behind the the stereo What year? On years 68-72 (and maybe other years)there are two locations. The blinker flasher is in the fuse box and the emergency flasher is located under the passenger side dash.
No, the flasher relay has nothing to do with starting the vehicle. It only controls the flash of the directional lights.
I had the same problem in my 1999 Mercury Cougar, I replaced the flasher located in the blinker assembly. It was very simple to do. Flasher cost about $10
Next check the turn signal switch inside the steering column. check to see if the bulb is dead
First of all let me say that most vehichles have 2 flashers, 1 for the hazzard lights and 1 for the blinkers. If you turn the blinker switch to either side and lights inside and out do not flash or light up then the most common problems are a blown fuse or the blinker switch itself could be bad. As for the hazzards blinking double time, it is possible the flasher could be going bad. One other possibility, autos that have had trailor light hookups installed have been found with bad grounds and/or wires that have rubbed into causing tail,blinker and stop lights not to work correctly
Check the relay. Turn signals work off of a flasher. Replace the flasher they are usually cheap. If that does not fix it check the signal switch. That is the thing that you use to turn on the turn signals. That is usually the problem.
The fuse for the blinker of a 96 Cavalier should be in the fuse box inside of the car. A more likely cause would be the flasher, located under the drivers side of the dash.