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2009 RL DX. 109,000 Kilometres. New Battery in March 2014.
There was a post about this exact issue. There were a few responses but none of those factors were the cause nor was there any folllow up by the OP as to whether there was a resolution or not.
Back story. Summer 2014 take the 2009 RL fishing and trailer is backed into the lake w/o disconnecting harness. All is well until I pull into the driveway, walk around to the passenger side(Firewall location) and detect an electrical burn type smell. Think nothing of it and later that night am awakened by flashing lights. My RL's driving and dash lights are flashing on/off and interior lights are on. Unlock and lock her up again and all seems fine except for warning lights in the cluster are still dimly lit.
Read up and first point of attack is to disconnect Neg terminal wire and let sit over night. Remedied the problem for a few weeks until it happened again. Same point of attack and has remained free of this issue.......Until today.
First rain of the year. Start her up, drive down the road and right indicator starts flashing, gauge needles start trembling and clicking sounds can be heard coming from driver side of the RL, most likely relays.
Get home, pull the key and back to square one with the flashing driving lights and dim dash lights so I pull the cover off the main fuse box under the hood and systematically pull each fuse to see if and which one was the culprit with no luck. Would like to mention the "MAIN FUSE"(Screw to hold it in place) was the only one I did not pull for fear I would break something considering it wouldn't budge even with the screw removed.
Disconnect the Neg terminal Batt wire once more as well as the trailer connector harness, let it sit, hooked Batt back up and remained the same.
Pulled the Neg wire a second time and it seems to have subsided......For now.
I will have to take it to a Tech but is there anyone here that has any idea as to where to look other than a Tech? Do I have to pull that Main Fuse and if so has anyone ever done it? Could it be the culprit? Any help at all would be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance for any and all replies.
There was a post about this exact issue. There were a few responses but none of those factors were the cause nor was there any folllow up by the OP as to whether there was a resolution or not.
Back story. Summer 2014 take the 2009 RL fishing and trailer is backed into the lake w/o disconnecting harness. All is well until I pull into the driveway, walk around to the passenger side(Firewall location) and detect an electrical burn type smell. Think nothing of it and later that night am awakened by flashing lights. My RL's driving and dash lights are flashing on/off and interior lights are on. Unlock and lock her up again and all seems fine except for warning lights in the cluster are still dimly lit.
Read up and first point of attack is to disconnect Neg terminal wire and let sit over night. Remedied the problem for a few weeks until it happened again. Same point of attack and has remained free of this issue.......Until today.
First rain of the year. Start her up, drive down the road and right indicator starts flashing, gauge needles start trembling and clicking sounds can be heard coming from driver side of the RL, most likely relays.
Get home, pull the key and back to square one with the flashing driving lights and dim dash lights so I pull the cover off the main fuse box under the hood and systematically pull each fuse to see if and which one was the culprit with no luck. Would like to mention the "MAIN FUSE"(Screw to hold it in place) was the only one I did not pull for fear I would break something considering it wouldn't budge even with the screw removed.
Disconnect the Neg terminal Batt wire once more as well as the trailer connector harness, let it sit, hooked Batt back up and remained the same.
Pulled the Neg wire a second time and it seems to have subsided......For now.
I will have to take it to a Tech but is there anyone here that has any idea as to where to look other than a Tech? Do I have to pull that Main Fuse and if so has anyone ever done it? Could it be the culprit? Any help at all would be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance for any and all replies.