'96 5.0 Is there a trailer fuse/relay located under the hood?

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Looking at the Haynes/Chilton manuals, I can only see fuse #30 inside the door that relates to the trailer wiring. The CSR at the hitch shop said there was a fuse under the hood for my wiring. Is there any truth to this? I have 0.0v to my trailer harness.

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[gijoecam]

Looking at the Haynes/Chilton manuals, I can only see fuse #30 inside the door that relates to the trailer wiring. The CSR at the hitch shop said there was a fuse under the hood for my wiring. Is there any truth to this? I have 0.0v to my trailer harness.

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In the power distribution box under the hood, fuse #8 (20A) feeds all the trailer relays. (parking, and both signal relays) The brake/turn signal flasher input signal for the trailer turn signal/brake relays comes from the multifunction switch, and the trigger for the parking lights comes from the exterior lamp wiring fed from the switch. I suspect your fuse is blown under the hood.... It's not likely that both the parking light signal and BOTH turn signal inputs failed simultaneously.

Hope that helps!

-Joe

 

[bmacd]

In the power distribution box under the hood, fuse #8 (20A) feeds all the trailer relays. (parking, and both signal relays) The brake/turn signal flasher input signal for the trailer turn signal/brake relays comes from the multifunction switch, and the trigger for the parking lights comes from the exterior lamp wiring fed from the switch. I suspect your fuse is blown under the hood.... It's not likely that both the parking light signal and BOTH turn signal inputs failed simultaneously.

Hope that helps!

-Joe

I love you!!! I can't even tell you how long i've been searching for this answer. Sure enough, that huge fat fuse was blown out. I had to make a make-shift trailer adapter on my last trip by feeding the harness +12v from my amplifier in the trunk to have some running lights on my trailer.

Thanks again for your help. It's been a lot of headache.

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[gijoecam]

I love you!!! I can't even tell you how long i've been searching for this answer. Sure enough, that huge fat fuse was blown out. I had to make a make-shift trailer adapter on my last trip by feeding the harness +12v from my amplifier in the trunk to have some running lights on my trailer.

Thanks again for your help. It's been a lot of headache.

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LOL! Sorry 'bout that.... I would have responded MUCH sooner, but your original posts occured when I was in da great white nort chasing Bambi.

Glad you got it fixed!

-Joe