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Wires on Fire!

10/22/2013

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If your wiring is hooked up backwards it can cause serious damage to your vehicle, and possibly harm you! Not too long ago we had a customer call us after her 2006 Dodge 2500 truck starting smoking when she hooked up her trailer. After a little investigation we found the wiring to the trailer battery was hooked up backwards. One easy mistake can cause several thousands of dollars in damage!
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The entire wiring harness removed from the truck- front end on left side.
When the battery was replaced the wires to the trailer plug were re-installed backwards. This ground out the plug and shorted the wires. The wires got extremely hot and melted down part of the fender.
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The entire main wire harness had to be removed and replaced- that's no little task! The steering wheel, fender (obviously) and gas tank even had to be removed to gain access to areas the harness tied into the truck.
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Jackie
10/26/2013 06:22:42 pm

"She" did not hook up the trailer wrong....."he" did! MDS quick response to location was much appreciated. Thanks for getting it back up and running!

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heidi
10/27/2013 02:04:47 am

Glad we could help! Make sure to thank him for showing everyone the importance of marking your battery wires ;)

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