Trailer Light Question
Our 2010 Cougar or our 2009 RAM have begun something very perplexing. After approximately 10 minutes of use, the clearance/running lights on the trailer stop working. The brake lights work, the turn...
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Cool Canuck wrote:
Don't know about Dodges but there might be a overload protector in the circuit. I doubt it.
There is the most insidious of over current protection in 2006 and newer Dodge products.
It's called a Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) and while it does shut power off to an overloaded circuit, there's no way for the user to reset it - one has to go to the dealer to get it reset.
Oh and the TIPM can only be reset 2 or 3 times before it's fried and must be replaced - for about a thousand bucks.
So if the lights are coming back on then it isn't shorted. You have an open or bad connection someplace.
