Thx for the advice Bill, I'll work on that...
-TRogers
"Bill Putney" <bptn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Tom Rogers wrote:
>> 2005 Dodge Caravan 125k miles,my Brake and ABS lights are constantly on
>> as well as the TRACK OFF indicator. Brakes work fine, ABS works fine.
The
>> communication cable between the ABS module and the main computer is
>> defective. I asked the local Dodge dealer the price to replace that
>> cable - he said I have to replace the entire engine wiring harness at a
>> cost of $1200.00
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a tech bulletin or a recall out on this
>> issue where I can get it done for free? Interesting to note - when it
>> rains the lights go out - which tells me a wire(s) is open and the rain
>> shorts it so that it works.
>>
>> No wonder the dealer that I took it to four times in a row, didn't want
>> to fix it. I didn't buy my warranty there so they would make no money
>> doing it. All they did was unplug it from the ABS module, plug it back
in
>> the light went out, so they were happy. I went to pick up the car that
>> night after work, turned the car on and those lights were on again. I
>> pointed this out to them immediately, they saw the lights on with their
>> own eyes, but again they did nothing to fix it. They told me no code on
>> the scan tool, so nothing to fix.
>>
>> Amazing....what a racket. then they send me flyers wanting me to buy a
>> new car from their dealer****p. What a joke.
>>
>> -TRogers
>
> This doesn't answer the question you asked, but I will offer unsolicited
> advice: Get the connector pinouts and schematics* and determine the
actual
> defective wires (probably only two possibilities) from those. Cut those
> wires and bypass them with new wires. (In case the problem is in the
> terminal crimped onto the end of the bad wire or in the crimp itself,
you
> might want to find wires in a junk yard Chrysler vehicle from a
connector
> of the same type - i.e., the has the same type of terminal - cut the
> bundle of wires from the harness, take the connector and bundle home,
take
> the connector apart, pull four wires with terminals intact out of the
> connector, put them in place of the suspect wires in your vehicle
> connector and splice new wire to your new junkyard pigtails in place of
> your existing suspect wires. Alternatively, some dealers stock pigtails
> with factory crimped terminals with the handful of terminal variations
to
> choose from - if they are helpful at all, they can let you match the
type
> up to what you need - more than once I've gotten the right factory-new
> terminals that way from the local dealer). That way you can move on with
> your life for relatively little money and a bit of your time, and have
the
> satisfaction of having stuck it to the man! :)
>
>
> *If you don't have an FSM (Factory Shop Manual), get a one year
> www.alldata subscription for $25. That will give you on-line access to
> the exact schematics and connector pinouts - as well as the full TSB's
> applicable to that vehicle. You'd kill a bunch of birds with one stone
> with that. I have no financial interest in www.alldata other than
seeing
> value in part of their product (actually some of it is pretty bad, but
the
> schematics and connector pinouts and TSB's are 100% genuine and
complete).
> (Do not get a Haynes or Chiltons - "typical" schematics are worthless.)
>
> Bill Putney
> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address
> with the letter 'x')
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