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No trailer lights after hitch swap

BruceinCT

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Farmington, ME
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2013 Explorer XLT
I recently swapped my factory class 2 hitch for a used factory class 3 hitch with 7 way rv plug and harness. Everything went well and the plug for the harness seemed to connect well. But I have no trailer lights at all now. Does anybody know what might have gone wrong?
 



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A blown fuse perhaps?
 






I'm going to check it out today. Not sure which fuse it would be. I was just wondering if anyone else had it happen to them also.
 






I took a look at it. Before I installed the hitch I painted the frame and hitch. It seems that there was no ground from the frame to the hitch. I backed out a couple bolts, scuffed the frame and bolt faces and hopefully we'll be good to go.
 






Bruce I don't know why I didn't remember that, I had the same thing happen on another brand truck when I put a fresh hitch on. Best wishes.
Doc
 






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