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HI all

as some of you know I have just replaced the car with a new Ford C Max, on Thursday I had a tow hitch with twin electrics fitted to it, I asked the fitter did you check its all working ok , " yes " he said.

today i decided to check the car against the caravan and guess what?

yep I do not have a right hand indicator I have checked the socket with my Multi meter and their is no power going to the pin 4 connection. i have also noticed that when i have the side lights on and the left hand indicator on at the same time the running lights flash in time with the indicator going on and off.

guess its going back again.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Oh dear Als, So sorry to hear your having probs with your electrics, Hope they get it sorted soon

Irene

Hi Als ,

>> i have also noticed that when i have the side lights on and the left hand indicator on at the same time the running lights flash in time with the indicator going on and off.

Sounds like a bad earth to me Al , when you take it back i'd get em to show you it working .

atb

Wizard

Can someone explain why so many people cannot 'get it right'?!!!!  When we bought our Discovery, we had a second socket fitted to the existing tow-pack (that worked fine), and had our Alko tow-ball fitted.  We told the fitter specifically that the top of the ball should be no more than 19 inches from the ground (the tow-bar has 4 heights at which a ball can be fitted) ....... good job we checked when we got it home, as the ball was 23 inches from the ground!!  The rear of our trailer would have been touching the ground with the hitch at that height (and they had 'kindly' greased our lovely dry Alko ball!!!).  As we live in the Leeds and the dealer is in Huddersfield, we recruited a friend with a torque wrench and a big socket to move the ball.  Grrrr!

My point is, that after spending money to have a job done, is it really so hard to get it right first time?  Al must have spent a fair-sized wedge on this new car (we certainly did on the Disco!) - is it too much to ask that they get the tow-bar right?

HI folks

the update is that the car goes back in tomorrow to get sorted, this time i will stay with it.

at first when i told them the car had no right hand indicator he said it must be the caravan,

very good i said , so explain to me why its the caravan when i tested the car socket with a multimeter across pins 3 & 4 and their is no power reading. ermmmm must be a bad connection.

doh

well folks

all is well now as I arrived  at his workshop today and he set about the car instantly, he went under it first ( dont ask as I dont know why) he then opened the right hand inner panel of the car and behold their was a nice blue withe on the relay switch that should have been connected to the green  wire of the right hand indicator. and guess what else we found on the floor of the car ? yes a scotch block connector. ( unused ) all is now well with the world

Good to hear you got it sorted Als , but they really should have done it right the first time round .

atb

Wizard