Dash Electronics FLIPPING OUT on Our Jeep Gladiator

piginajeep said:
I would have taken the piece of shit to the dealer by now. Back when I was building police cars I had an issue with the rear air conditioning, I spent hours and hours trying to figure it out, they found it in a couple hours. I think it was $300 or less.

It turned out the wiring diagram we used was out of date, it was literally one wire causing the issues.
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LOL - I'm about ready to do just that and really appreciate you chiming in to say as much. I feel much better about doing it 😁
 
So, since this thread got bumped, I thought I would share what I've tried doing today.

1. I once again swapped the tail light out of our new Gladiator and popped it in our old one. I cleared DTC and took it out for a spin. And, what do you know, the tail light worked great!! No error codes, no blind spot unavailable - it just worked... until it didn't. For the better part to the morning, I was convinced that I had gotten things fixed but after the first error, it came back and to stay. Totally sucks.

2. Against my better judgement, I gave into all the hype about how deleting the auxiliary battery was the cure all koolaid and did just that. And... son of a bitch! Everything seemed to work... until it didn't :rolleyes:

As I've stated multiple times now, the passenger side turn signal is the ONLY problem that I still have.
 
wayoflife said:
So, since this thread got bumped, I thought I would share what I've tried doing today.

1. I once again swapped the tail light out of our new Gladiator and popped it in our old one. I cleared DTC and took it out for a spin. And, what do you know, the tail light worked great!! No error codes, no blind spot unavailable - it just worked... until it didn't. For the better part to the morning, I was convinced that I had gotten things fixed but after the first error, it came back and to stay. Totally sucks.

2. Against my better judgement, I gave into all the hype about how deleting the auxiliary battery was the cure all koolaid and did just that. And... son of a bitch! Everything seemed to work... until it didn't :rolleyes:

As I've stated multiple times now, the passenger side turn signal is the ONLY problem that I still have.
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Well damn, for a second there I thought the internet was going to be right… maybe tomorrow. 😂
 
wayoflife said:
So, since this thread got bumped, I thought I would share what I've tried doing today.

1. I once again swapped the tail light out of our new Gladiator and popped it in our old one. I cleared DTC and took it out for a spin. And, what do you know, the tail light worked great!! No error codes, no blind spot unavailable - it just worked... until it didn't. For the better part to the morning, I was convinced that I had gotten things fixed but after the first error, it came back and to stay. Totally sucks.

2. Against my better judgement, I gave into all the hype about how deleting the auxiliary battery was the cure all koolaid and did just that. And... son of a bitch! Everything seemed to work... until it didn't :rolleyes:

As I've stated multiple times now, the passenger side turn signal is the ONLY problem that I still have.
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maybe swap out the turn signal module, haven't looked to see if there is a connector harness to the steering modules.

Hell, I'm waiting to hit the age where my passenger turn signal is on all the time... maybe it's trying to tell you something?
 
wayoflife said:
So, since this thread got bumped, I thought I would share what I've tried doing today.

1. I once again swapped the tail light out of our new Gladiator and popped it in our old one. I cleared DTC and took it out for a spin. And, what do you know, the tail light worked great!! No error codes, no blind spot unavailable - it just worked... until it didn't. For the better part to the morning, I was convinced that I had gotten things fixed but after the first error, it came back and to stay. Totally sucks.

2. Against my better judgement, I gave into all the hype about how deleting the auxiliary battery was the cure all koolaid and did just that. And... son of a bitch! Everything seemed to work... until it didn't :rolleyes:

As I've stated multiple times now, the passenger side turn signal is the ONLY problem that I still have.
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Try swapping the left tail light. On some gm models the blind spot can buss travels thru the left module to the right. You will get an error code for the right module with the left working as intended. The ecm can talk to that module but doesn’t allow the communication to travel to the right module. It’s worth a shot.
 
jeeeep said:
maybe swap out the turn signal module, haven't looked to see if there is a connector harness to the steering modules.

Hell, I'm waiting to hit the age where my passenger turn signal is on all the time... maybe it's trying to tell you something?
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LOL - too funny!!

As far as the turn signal module goes, I have no idea where that might be.
cozdude said:
Try swapping the left tail light. On some gm models the blind spot can buss travels thru the left module to the right. You will get an error code for the right module with the left working as intended. The ecm can talk to that module but doesn’t allow the communication to travel to the right module. It’s worth a shot.
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So far, I haven't been getting a blind spot unavailable error and in quite some time, just the passenger side turn signal out. But, I can give that a try.
JeepFan said:
Not sure if this was mentioned but did you happen to check the trailer wire harness or plug for damage?
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Being that I have an aftermarket bumper, I have the connector zip tied up and out of the way and I did give it a quick look to make sure it hadn't fallen or gotten damaged but I didn't give it a close look. I will do that today. Thanks.
 
cozdude said:
oh, I read your message as that the blind spot message came back.
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Originally, it had but like most everything else, it's since gone away or at least, for now anyway. It's really the damnedest thing and in a lot of ways, I would have been happier if everything were still out of whack. I really hate shit that comes and goes without me really knowing why as that means, it'll most likely come back again :(
 
piginajeep said:
I’m gonna start a go fund me, so your cheap ass can take it to the dealer.

But I’m happy to see you dealing with this, so I know where to look in the future.
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LOL - I appreciate it.

I'll be taking it into the dealership after our new year run. Hopefully, they won't give me too hard of a time over the few minor mods we've made to this Jeep 😁
 
So, I may have made some progress today!!! Checking over all the wiring close to the passenger side rear corner, a lot of it was just sitting on top of the new gas tank and left to bounce around. I took a lot of time rolling them over to see if I could find any chafing and while I didn't, I did notice imprints/indents in the harness in a few places where they were making contact with the tank and or the cross member. After seeing this, I tried pushing what I could out of the way and then went for a test drive...

What I can tell you is right off the bat, EVERYTHING worked great. No errors, lights worked and I should note, for a very long time. On the way home, I did go over a stretch of road that is rough and bumpy and after about half a mile of this, I finally got a passenger side rear turn signal unavailable message.

Needless to say, I think my problem is somewhere around here and I'm getting close (y)
 
wayoflife said:
So, I may have made some progress today!!! Checking over all the wiring close to the passenger side rear corner, a lot of it was just sitting on top of the new gas tank and left to bounce around. I took a lot of time rolling them over to see if I could find any chafing and while I didn't, I did notice imprints/indents in the harness in a few places where they were making contact with the tank and or the cross member. After seeing this, I tried pushing what I could out of the way and then went for a test drive...

What I can tell you is right off the bat, EVERYTHING worked great. No errors, lights worked and I should note, for a very long time. On the way home, I did go over a stretch of road that is rough and bumpy and after about half a mile of this, I finally got a passenger side rear turn signal unavailable message.

Needless to say, I think my problem is somewhere around here and I'm getting close (y)
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That's amazing you found it. Stuff like that is so hard to actually visibly find.
 
wayoflife said:
So, I may have made some progress today!!! Checking over all the wiring close to the passenger side rear corner, a lot of it was just sitting on top of the new gas tank and left to bounce around. I took a lot of time rolling them over to see if I could find any chafing and while I didn't, I did notice imprints/indents in the harness in a few places where they were making contact with the tank and or the cross member. After seeing this, I tried pushing what I could out of the way and then went for a test drive...

What I can tell you is right off the bat, EVERYTHING worked great. No errors, lights worked and I should note, for a very long time. On the way home, I did go over a stretch of road that is rough and bumpy and after about half a mile of this, I finally got a passenger side rear turn signal unavailable message.

Needless to say, I think my problem is somewhere around here and I'm getting close (y)
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Yay! 👍
 
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