Truck is broke...all sorts of things stopped working

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Check wiring harness connectors to make sure they are mated there’s one behind the left headlight that seems to be loose/not fully seated for some.
 
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as you keep starting it, and more things go offline, it reminds me of the time in my high school days when I worked at a wrecking yard and had an AMC Gremlin for a yard car (yes it had cutting torches mounted to the rear seat....was an awesome machine for beating on....until the electrical had a meltdown and set the car on fire and subsequently half of the yards cars followed suit, but i digress.

be careful, I'd consider towing it to the dealer rather than driving it.
I don't think more things are going offline after every start...I just keep finding more thing broken.

Talked to the dealer, I'm going to run it down tomorrow morning, the sales guys are going to look for something that I can take as a loaner if they can't figure it out in a few hours.

Right now I'm testing to see if it will fit in the garage.

Edit: Nope, too long. Power windows also don't work, makes sense as the door locks don't work.
 

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It’s almost like your BCM (body control module) itself has partially or completely gone bad. I can’t remember but a lot of the things you’re describing I believe may be controlled by the BCM.
 


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It’s almost like your BCM (body control module) itself has partially or completely gone bad. I can’t remember but a lot of the things you’re describing I believe may be controlled by the BCM.
Let me guess, that's one of the parts on national back order.
 

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Whats the battery voltage? In newer vehicles, sometimes when the battery voltage is low, all sorts of weird shit starts happening. Worth checking, and worth plugging a trickle charger to fully charge battery and see what that does
 

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It’s almost like your BCM (body control module) itself has partially or completely gone bad. I can’t remember but a lot of the things you’re describing I believe may be controlled by the BCM.
This was my thought also. Either BCM or one of the other modules.
 
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AdamHarris you are the winner (actually anyone who said check connectors is the winner)...opened the fuse panel in the cab and this connector wasn't pushed in all the way:

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After I pushed it in most of the problems went away, there was a P068A code, cleared that and everything started working.

The problem I see is that it doesn't click in, so maybe it worked it's way out the past few months. Besides today, I've never been in the panel.

Thanks for everyone's input!!!

R/
Craig
 

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Think you found what we use to call the ultimate car theft protection. Pull the coil wire and no jumping that puppy. Well now we got pull the connector and close the panel cover and we got a brick! ?
 

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AdamHarris you are the winner (actually anyone who said check connectors is the winner)...opened the fuse panel in the cab and this connector wasn't pushed in all the way:

IMG_0469.jpg


After I pushed it in most of the problems went away, there was a P068A code, cleared that and everything started working.

The problem I see is that it doesn't click in, so maybe it worked it's way out the past few months. Besides today, I've never been in the panel.

Thanks for everyone's input!!!

R/
Craig
It’s Andy, glad it worked out for you..
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