Turn Signals out after front-end fender bender

[5bucks]

So my 17 year old daughter rear ended another car with the wife's 1999 XJ. The front bumper suffered a little damage. Worst of it was the crunching and cutting of the bundle of wires running behind the bumper for headlights and turn signals.

Spent yesterday splicing all the wires back together. Everything seems to be working properly except no flashing from the turn signals now on the front or rear of the vehicle and no hazards. The turn lamps light, but no flashing. I'm going to replace the turn signal flash relay tonight in hopes that does the trick. I'm hoping the crunching of those wires in the front bumper somehow fried the relay.

Check all associated fuses and they're all good. And, like I said the turn signal lamps light, just no flashing.

Anything I might be missing. Is it reasonable to believe the relay might have been fried when the wires got cut/crunched/grounded to the frame?

 

[Flyfisher]

Maybe not the "relay"...but the flasher. I believe both hazards and turn signals use the same flasher.

 

[5bucks]

I guess I meant the Flasher - which I think is for functional purposes a relay.

 

[hubs97xj]

It looks just like a relay, but yeah, it's a combination unit for the 97+. Up under the driver's side of the dash, to the left of the steering column, if you don't know where it's located. If all of the fuses are good, and the wiring is correct, I'd at least pull it out and test it.

 

[5bucks]

Yes I've had the flasher out. Going to buy a new one in a few minutes. I'll put that in and see if it works.

 

[Shorty]

It looks just like a relay, but yeah, it's a combination unit for the 97+. Up under the driver's side of the dash, to the left of the steering column, if you don't know where it's located. If all of the fuses are good, and the wiring is correct, I'd at least pull it out and test it.

I'm curious how you would test this thing. I'd like to find a way to determine it's condition before buying a new one.

 

[5bucks]

Resolution of my no hazards, no turn signals problem. Turned out not to be the flasher/relay. Was a 10amp fuse in the engine compartment box that's part of the circuit that supplies always on battery voltage to the flasher/relay. Thought I'd checked all the fuses, but missed that one. My biggest clue was from checking for battery voltage at the flasher/relay connector...there was none.

The engine compartment fuses are not labeled in the owner's manual, the fuse box lid or any other resource I had handy. At least the fuses by the passenger door are referenced in the Jeep's owner's manual.