Hank MI wrote:
Worst case if diode fails you'll turn on the corresponding front light at the same time.
With all due respect, do you know that for a fact? Is that also true of every make,year and model?
I was told by a very smart, highly trained Ford tech that some of the new vehicles have flash and signal functions and everything else triggered and controlled by the ECM or other computer (don't remember his exact works).
Frying the whole electrical system is not likely due to fuses etc. But would it be possible to feed enough power back to have the electronically shifted trans to go out of neutral (those solenoids draw less than an amp) or at minimum kick error codes?
This may be a case for the Mythbusters.:)