No Power
New to me E450 C Class Not getting power to the rear bumper for a trailer wire plug in. Wiring in the underside rear does not look disturbed. Havn't found the fuse box yet to check for a blown fuse...
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rlw999 wrote:
It took me just a couple minutes to check all of the fuses in the inside fuse box on my E450 (there are only two fuse boxes in my chassis - one in the engine bay and one in the passenger compartment) when I was trying to find the fuse used for the backup camera display that the previous owner hardwired in).
It takes like a second to touch each side with the probe so even though there are 43 fuses in that box, it doesn't take long to check them all. Less time than it would take me to look up the fuse chart online.
Maybe you misunderstand the tool I was describing, it's not a meter with 2 leads, it's a screwdriver like probe -- clip the ground wire to something metal, then just stick the sharp probe end into the hole on top of the fuse (even mini-ATC fuses have that hole) and see if the light comes on. No need to stare at the meter display and wait for it to register voltage for each one, the light either comes on or it doesn't so you get instance confirmation and can go on to the next one.
In my case it turned out to not be a fuse at all but a bad splice to the radio harness where he tapped off the power.
Not sure what yr you have but OPs 2006 has MORE than two fuse boxes..
If it follows close to the 2006 F250 I had, there was TWO under the dash on the drivers side, there were THREE under the hood. One of the three under the hood was for the TOWING wiring fuse and relay box and on a F250 that was on the drivers side under the hood.
The 2003 F250 I had had FOUR fuse boxes, two under the drivers side dash two under the hood, one under the hood was the TOWING wiring fuse and relay box.
Had a 97 F250 with basically the same setup..
Have 2013, 2019, 2020 all with fuses under the hood for the towing wiring..
If you notice, a common theme is ALL of the fuses associated with the TOWING wiring was not under the dash but it was under the hood and it was completely SEPARATE from all other functions.
It is not easy to find, it is a little narrow black plastic box that is often pretty well hidden and the cover is pretty stubborn to remove.
Telling someone to look under the dash for the towing fuses is most likely not going to be of any help if Ford used this same wiring setup on E450 (which from the info and links I posted seemed to indicate I am correct)..
