You need to get her a 300TD that will be immune to all that nonsense --FT Sent from iFōn
> On Oct 23, 2022, at 7:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Just from some quick research, it appears there is a body control module > that may have gotten fried. This is great. > >> On 10/23/2022 6:29 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> Since she killed the air suspension on her GL somehow, she had to take the >> truck this weekend to haul the enclosed trailer to her show. When she went >> to leave, she had somebody hook up the trailer and plugged it in. She says >> a few minutes later she notices smoke coming from the wiring harness at the >> trailer. Somebody taped it up with duct tape but now she reports right turn >> signal not working. She gets home and of course I have to back in the >> trailer. I immediately notice an odd scrapping sound coming from the >> steering wheel that has never been there before. After backing the truck in >> I unhook the trailer and of course the ground wire is now bare all the way >> to the frame of the trailer. I can tell much else with mess of duct tape but >> it somehow managed to short at some point in the harness. The wiring where >> it starts going into the channels back to the lights look fine so the short >> must be closer to the connector. Regardless I am sure I will have to replace >> the end of the harness. I was finished messing with it for the moment when I >> noticed as I was coming in the house that the brake lights are on even with >> the truck turned off. WTF? I pull the fuse and the rears go out, but the >> top mount one by the cab stays on. I cant find a fuse that will shut it >> off. I got under the dash and unplugged the brake lite switch and they >> still stay on. I am not sure if this 2002 is new enough to have the lights >> controlled by a computer, or if this trailer situation shorted out something >> in the truck. What I find odd is the truck has fuses for the trailer >> lights, why didnt it blow? I sure hope I do not have a major wiring problem >> now. It is unbelievable how this stuff happens seemingly without fail when >> she drives a vehicle. She has another show next weekend. Now that the >> truck is down, there are no tow vehicles left to tow her trailer assuming I >> have time to fix the wiring on it. I guess if she wants to go to this show >> bad enough, she can rent a vehicle of some sort. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
