Modify a 2000-2002 Neons Side Markers to Blink


Posted on Feb 5, 2014

Because the Neon has inboard mounted turn signals, they are not visible from the side. Typically a manufacturer will mount a second light that is visible on the side or make the side markers blink, as they did on the 9x Neons. However on the North American 2000+ Neons the side markers do not blink and there is no side visible turn signal. So this is really a safety


Modify a 2000-2002 Neons Side Markers to Blink
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improvement, so that vehicles and pedestrians at right angles to you can see your turn signals, as they should. The goal in this case is a simple modification to make the side markers blink in correlation with the turn signal, while maintaining their original operation as parking lights. Also, to make the procedure as minimally intrusive as possible, reversible and easily repeatable. Being that I have a Canadian 2000 Chrysler Neon, it comes factory equipped with Daytime Running Lights (DRLs). For the Neon, this means that the front turn signals serve double duty as DRLs and as a consequence, the only "pure" turn signal signals are in the dash. (For 2003 the fog lights became the DRLs, not sure if this document applies to those vehicles. ) In addition, the vehicle has been wired such that an unpowered, or unconnected lamp or circuit is simply disconnected and not grounded. All the lamps however are switched on the hot side and continuously grounded on the neutral. (Not that a lamp really has an orientation though. ) So why do I care about grounding Well, because if the hot side were grounded when "off", a standard modification used on other vehicles could be used here. That is, providing the the turn signal to the neutral side of the lamp, while maintaining the park signal to the hot side. But this does not work in this case. Another option would be to replace the side makers with a dual filament bulb and socket, but I...




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