In this video I bring you along as I have a look at a Dodge Nitro that came in with a customer complaint of “my turn signals don’t work when my headlights are on.” Ummm ok… sounds like your typical bad ground to me. Let’s have a look see. -Enjoy!
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Nothing wrong with making a new ground. Probably better than factory!
good job boss………..
I expected overalls and no shirt by now. Great work, but I'm a bit disappointed one the a tire. 😁
In the ECC IV era ford random drivability and or codes almost always turned out to be bad grounds So yes I ALWAYS checked them first on intermittent issues
I liked how you quickly found the culprits with the wiring diagrams. That made the problem easy. How easy is it to get that kind of info for autos to print out? Do you have manual subscriptions? I fixed TVs for many years and was able to download complete factory manuals, but many times not. I did have factory service subs. Things are so complex that good info is a must, I am sure you have many a horror story in your archives. LOL The moral of this story, be careful about how you fix the car. Your efforts may even kill the auto.
Love it when people update to led blinkers and didn't get them with a resistors In line. Then they wonder why they don't work.
Be safe
LOL…..hope that was the right harness……..famous last words Eric
99.69% of the time if you can do it I can do it
Welcome to Self Made Auto Channel! And welcomes you Eric O. – the South Main Man 🙂
Seen this issue with some 2000's year model Ford Ranger's and F-150's, but it is usually a bad pig tail due to the green meanies. The other thing it usually ends up being is someone installing the wrong bulb sockets, that end up breaking the pig tails for turn signals. Never understood why Ford started using those bulb sockets to start with, outside of adding an extra part to make more money with.