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All running lights are out

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05 CTD 3500. Factory 7 pin plug.
All lights on truck work as should.
But no trailer running lights.
Trailer brake, hazard, and both signal work ok
....just no taillight/running lights.
Issue is in truck as problem the same with 3 diff trailers.
Fuses in under hood fuse box all look good.
Wiggled all connections that i could find....
Is a zero rust low miles truck
Any ideas?
Is there another factory in line fuse hiding somewhere?
Got an appt but hate to take it in....
Help?
 
On my '05 a 20A Fuse #33 powers the running lights / tail lights. Pull the fuse and see if it is blown (hard to see from the top), while out test to see if 12 VDC is present at one of the terminals where the fuse plugs in (power supplied by 50A fuse #15, controlled by "Park Lamp" relay) when the parking lights are on.

If no power, check the 50A fuse. If fuse is good, issue is with the "park lamp" relay #73 (see the location map for the relay inside the "Fuse and Relay Center" cover that you removed to get to the fuses. Debug the relay or replace to get power to Fuse #33, problem solved. If still no power to Fuse #33, then issue is with the ground to the Front control module. Test and confirm, then it is either the wiring /connections to the FCM, if you are lucky, or the FCM itself.

If fuse 33 was blown, use multimeter (volt - ohm - amp) and check if there is continuity at the trailer plug between ground (white wire, terminal #1 on either 4 pin or 7 pin connector) and the running lights (brown wire, terminal #2 on 4 pin and terminal #3 on 7 pin). If continuity, find the short that blew the fuse and fix it first. One of the trailers probably has a short, once it blew the fuse running lights on all the trailers won't work. If no continuity on any of the trailers wiring is probably ok, but driving down the road it could move and short again (time for a package of 5 of those 20A fuses).

If no short and a good fuse in #33, see if there is power to terminal #3 of the 7 pin socket on the truck. If no power, check to see if the 10 pin connector is completely plugged into the back of the 7 pin socket on the bumper. Black wires at pins 8 and 9 of the 10 pin connector are grounds, brown wire at pin 5 is the power for the running lights.

Further up the rear body wiring harness from the 10 pin connector is where a 4 pin trailer socket is spliced in and stored up behind the bumper and trailer hitch platform. Test for voltage between terminal #1 and #2 of the four pin socket to determine if there is power for the running lights. If there is, then just use the 4 pin socket and plug the trailer directly into it using the 4 pin plug on the trailer until you fix the 7 pin issue (assuming you are using 4 pin to 7 pin adapter in your 7 pin socket on the bumper).

If there is no power at either the 4 pin socket on the truck or the wire going into the 10 pin connector, and you have power on the other side of fuse 33, it is probably worth the appointment to find where in the wiring harness the wire is broken and how to fix it.
 
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Yup got it fixed....
Was OOT picking up a tractor so needed the lights working. Good deal of night running.
Problem was the #33 fuse under the hood. Didn't initially think that was the issue...
My initial attempt to solve problem was of course the fuse check.
#33 was the trailer taillight fuse. Looked ok but had a small black spot on top.
So not having any new replacements on hand just swapped another 20amp from the
fusebox. Still not lights. Tried another and a third 20amp swap. Still no trailer lights.
So apparently not a fuse issue............
Went out to fuel up and bought a 5 pack of 20amps...Got home, put a new one in and
Guess What? ....Lights worked !!!!
Figure that one out !!!
For last 3 days lights working fine....
Don't suspect the trailer as it's a near new 9k$ all Alum.....
Could have been operator error?? with plug not seated all the way but had that guy in and out at
least a dozen times....
But problem solved and thanks for your guys help....Next time might not be so easy and w your info have
a good start on it...
Thanks again...b...
 
I had the same problem my ex father inlaw used my trailer & pinched the wires to the trailer when i got it back i had no lights to the trailer. i checked all thew fuses all good i asked the dealer what is wrong he said the plug on the bumper is wired through the ECM & they have to reset it at a cost of $ 75.00 at the time i am sure it has gone up now .the next time he used it the same thing. for another $75.00 i decided to run a seperate 10 gauage wire to feed power to the lights but i put a relay in to feed the lights from the factory harness & my 10 gauage wire feeds the lights also added a resetable fuse to each . now if my lights are messed up all i have to do is reset the breaker. if your not sure what i am saying here is my phone # 1-478-955-9398 Ray.
 
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