Q: My directional lights only works when my lights are off

asked by on August 12, 2016

My driver side directional works fine when my lights are off but once I turn my headlights on the driver side directional only stops working in the back. The passenger side is fine.

My car has 138818 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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