lukeob
Member Since: 02 Aug 2016
Location: Berkshire
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Added VPLAT0012 to car 10 year ago now when we bought it. Fitted myself.
Recently, noticing some oddities where trailer lights aren’t working as should.
Trailer lights given full check and test in recent service and confirmed all OK.
This morning, right trailer indicator wasn’t working, gave connector a shove and then worked.
I seem to recall the cable runs under back of car, part weights and up into the left hand side boot space.
Could the cable or connector have perished over the past 10 years?
We tow weekly so there’s a lot of connecting/disconnecting.
Any similar experiences out there?
Cheers  Luke
D4 MY13 HSE Lux
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 30th Nov 2023 1:43 pm |
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ronald.soak
Member Since: 29 Apr 2008
Location: London
Posts: 516
  
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Corrosion of socket on car the most likely in my experience.
John
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| 30th Nov 2023 3:07 pm |
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Trailered Movements
Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1198
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Unless you have had rodents eat the wiring (on the trailer), it will almost certainly be the socket as mentioned above, and/or the plug, as generally these are made of cheese.
Dave 2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
2010 RRS TDV8 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)
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| 30th Nov 2023 5:03 pm |
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