Additional clicking noise while using blinker while turning.

I noticed an additional clicking noise when I use my blinker while turning. It only happens when I use my blinker and while I am turning. It does not happen when I turn without using my blinker, nor does it happen if I sit with the blinker on without turning. All the lights are functioning as they should. I noticed it a couple of months ago, but only got around to recording it. I didn't want to make an inquiry until it was available for others to hear, as I know I sound nuts for being concerned about a clicking noise when I use my blinker. It can be heard at 0:01 and 0:03.

 

Yes, different click. Yes, the steering wheel is turning when it happens. How would I check the auto-cancel cam?

 

None of the buttons circled in yellow are functioning, and I always use the MFD for climate control, so I have no idea how long they've been like this. The stereo buttons have always been wonky, sometimes the volume only increases, regardless of which button you press. The buttons to change the CD tracks are all over the place, sometimes only one of them works and it changes direction (if I select the button to go back a track, it will move forward and vice versa) and it's not always the same button and there's no pattern as to which way it will go, sometimes they work as they should, and other times they don't work at all. I had a double DIN stereo installed the week I bought the car, so I don't know if they were like that when I got the car, or if it began when the stereo changed. My A/C Auto button used to put the air conditioner on the highest fan speed at the lowest temperature, and now it just turns it on/off and the fan speed changes when I use the temperature button (the fan is now very loud when it transitions, but I hardly ever change the speed so that's another thing that I don't know how long it's been like that). All of the other controls are in proper working order.

Not sure it's worth mentioning, but I did recently need to change a tail light (a few weeks ago) and a headlight (last Monday). The new headlight is brighter than the other, but since we were on vacation, I only changed the one and intended to change the other when I got back and just haven't made the time to do it.

 

I thought of my stereo controls as soon as I read that, but I've had the car for a few years and this is a new noise. But I can tell you without hesitation that the climate control buttons were functional when I bought the car. Honestly, I use the MFD to control the climate because I always forget those buttons are there. So it seems that the clockspring connector is the place to start.

 

I learned my lesson with the A/F sensor, only OEM parts will be put into this car.

Thanks for the heads up.

Is it part #843060E010?

 

I have quite a bit of the manual, but of course I don't have that section. I grew very weary of right-clicking the last time I bought a 2-day pass.


Is this the part I'm supposed to be looking for?

 

Yes, it seems that it should be replaced. Am I understanding correctly that if it's the auto-cancel cam that I will likely need to replace the turn signal switch as the cam is likely integrated into it?

If I replace it then I will, but I am chasing down a separate issue that I don't need help with (yet), which is why I didn't inquire about it. It threw some u codes on Thursday and I found a short in the CAN bus line to B+ (less than 6kΩ) when I measured at the DLC3, and I haven't gone in to measure the resistance of the harness connectors yet. I suspect I'll have to replace the connector and either the main wire or the branch wire. But if I'm wrong and it turns out that the ECU needs to be replaced, then I'll officially deem it a money pit and get rid of it. In which case, I won't be changing any parts. But this clicking has been DRIVING ME BONKERS, and I really needed to ask about it.

It'd be just my luck that it'd be the ECU as I just got the HA grid charger and discharger.