The flasher is located behind and above the left side of the small fuse box at the driver's left knee. You will need a small rachet handle, 10mm socket and a Phillips head screwdriver. A socket extension of 6 to 10 inches will be helpful. To access the old flasher: 1) Remove bolt securing driver's plastic kick plate and wiggle it out of place and set aside. This is the trim panel just fore of the driver's door opening. 2) Remove two Phillips Head screws on the plastic knee panel. This panel runs below the steering column from left kick plate to the center console. The panel includes the small fuse box access door and two sets of wiring. No need to totally remove this panel; just remove the screws, pull it loose and swing or tie to the right so that you can... 3) Remove the three bolts that secure the fuse panel. Note that the fuse panel "hangs" by two pivot points. Lift the panel up to free the pivot points and the wiring harness has enough play to let you drop the panel a few inches. 4) Now you should see the black flasher (small box shape). It hangs on the metal framework; slide it to the right to release from the framework. Push in the wiring connector catch and carefully separate the wiring harness from the flasher. Connect your new flasher and secure the flasher to the nearest wiring harness.
Turn on the Durango and check each of the four turn signals
to make sure that the bulbs are not burned out. If you find one that has gone
out, replace the bulb and retest the turn signals. When a bulb goes bad on this
circuit, the resulting operation can mimic a bad flasher or one that is
failing.
Locate the combination turn signal flasher and relay. It is
on the left end of the driver's dash. Open the access door and view the
collection of relays and fuses. At the left side of the mounting block is a
larger flasher and relay. This is the combination turn signal flasher and
relay.
Test
the relay by placing you finger on the relay housing and activating the turn
signal. If you have found the right one, you should feel a clicking as the turn
signal blinks. Remove the relay, replace with the new relay and close the
access door
.
Start the Durango and activate the turn signals to check that they each work. The light should turn on and should blink. Also, check the hazard lights to make sure they work.
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I needed to replace the flasher in my 2001 QX4 after installing LED bulbs front and rear. The low-load LEDs caused the old electro-mechanical flasher to go into blinker madness mode. The solution was a new $13 electronic flasher (Novita EP34).
The flasher is located behind and above the left side of the small fuse box at the driver's left knee. You will need a small rachet handle, 10mm socket and a Phillips head screwdriver. A socket extension of 6 to 10 inches will be helpful. To access the old flasher: 1) Remove bolt securing driver's plastic kick plate and wiggle it out of place and set aside. This is the trim panel just fore of the driver's door opening. 2) Remove two Phillips Head screws on the plastic knee panel. This panel runs below the steering column from left kick plate to the center console. The panel includes the small fuse box access door and two sets of wiring. No need to totally remove this panel; just remove the screws, pull it loose and swing or tie to the right so that you can... 3) Remove the three bolts that secure the fuse panel. Note that the fuse panel "hangs" by two pivot points. Lift the panel up to free the pivot points and the wiring harness has enough play to let you drop the panel a few inches. 4) Now you should see the black flasher (small box shape). It hangs on the metal framework; slide it to the right to release from the framework. Push in the wiring connector catch and carefully separate the wiring harness from the flasher. Connect your new flasher and secure the flasher to the nearest wiring harness.
While you have the knee panel removed, it may be a good time to clean the heat/air temp sensor that resides to the right of the steering column. Mine had accumulated a lot of dust and fuzz.
I needed to replace the flasher in my 2001 QX4 after installing LED bulbs front and rear. The low-load LEDs caused the old electro-mechanical flasher to go into blinker madness mode. The solution was a new $13 electronic flasher (Novita EP34).
The flasher is located behind and above the left side of the small fuse box at the driver's left knee. You will need a small rachet handle, 10mm socket and a Phillips head screwdriver. A socket extension of 6 to 10 inches will be helpful. To access the old flasher: 1) Remove bolt securing driver's plastic kick plate and wiggle it out of place and set aside. This is the trim panel just fore of the driver's door opening. 2) Remove two Phillips Head screws on the plastic knee panel. This panel runs below the steering column from left kick plate to the center console. The panel includes the small fuse box access door and two sets of wiring. No need to totally remove this panel; just remove the screws, pull it loose and swing or tie to the right so that you can... 3) Remove the three bolts that secure the fuse panel. Note that the fuse panel "hangs" by two pivot points. Lift the panel up to free the pivot points and the wiring harness has enough play to let you drop the panel a few inches. 4) Now you should see the black flasher (small box shape); if you operate the emergency flashers you can feel the unit switch on and off to confirm you have the right part. It hangs on the metal framework; slide it to the right to release from the framework. Push in the wiring connector catch and carefully separate the wiring harness from the flasher. Connect your new flasher and secure the flasher to the nearest wiring harness.
While you have the knee panel removed, it may be a good time to clean the heat/air temp sensor that resides to the right of the steering column. Mine had accumulated a lot of dust and fuzz.
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