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Gerald Catton Posted on Nov 07, 2017
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Recall on Silverado hitches, bad welds, replaced myself, dealer can't get them, should GM pay for my hitch

  • john h Nov 07, 2017

    yes and they dont want to be responsible for a non certified gm mechanic /person making repairs --the same goes with aftermarket hitches dealers / corporations will usually void or put down about their non responsibility on vehicle file for future info like trade in or when resale shows up on carfax also

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Need to notify gm [ dealer ]about restrictions and requirements on recall and doing diy repair since you could have voided the recall

Testimonial: "But I was told not to tow anything because GM would not be responsible, I tow a pontoon boat and am getting ready to go to the west towing my travel trailer, sure didn't want to loose it"

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  • Posted on Nov 02, 2008

SOURCE: 2008 subaru outback

Best to pop in to your local Subaru dealer and ask them what is required for wiring in a trailer plug, a lot of new vehicle require special equipment to prevent damage to the electronics that control the lighting on the vehicles, especially those that have LED style lights on them. Get a quote from them on cost of them doing the job, and for the parts only if you want to get someone else with a cheaper labour rate to do it.

Hope this helps,
Mark.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 03, 2008

SOURCE: tow hitch wiring diagram

Send me your e-mail address, and I will send you a .pdf of the entire rear lighting wiring;
FixYa is not set up to post .pdfs yet.
Glad to help, and thanks for choosing FixYa.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 04, 2008

SOURCE: 2007 Nissian Frontier trailer lights

There should be a 30 AMP mini blade fuse in the fuse box under the hood that you are probably missing. I assume that since you got the relays with the wiring kit, that you got the kit from a Nissan dealer. If that is true, there should be a fuse in the kit also- in a sealed bag that has the "trailer wiring harness owner's manual" in it.


Hope this is helpful!


Nissan Scope Technician- 10+ years experience in Nissan dealership.

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mike loshbough

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  • Posted on Feb 01, 2009

SOURCE: recurring problem with recall 05V379000

hello dirt gets between the abs sensor and the MOUNTING SURFACE . in order to find which sensor it is .on the front abs sensor has to be unhooked wheels jacked up ,spin wheel clockwise by hand while check ac voltage .if the ac voltage is less than 200millamps this is the sensor that the surface needs to be cleaned,TURN WHEEL 3 TIMES AROUND PER SECOND! I HOPE THIS HELPS

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 12, 2009

SOURCE: uhaul hitch wiring

Did you change the plug under the dash on the passenger side?

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