fluffywhitedogs
RVF Regular
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2023
- Messages
- 64
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- RV Year
- 2023
- RV Make
- Heartland North Trail
- RV Model
- 21RBSS
- Fulltimer
- No
The backstory...I rolled the dice and bought a new trailer far from home. It's my 3rd trailer and I've never had a warranty claim, so I figured the odds were that I wouldn't, and if I did, how hard could it be to DIY or find a dealer? Ugh. All the stories are true about dealers not wanting you if you didn't buy from them, and although Couch's talks about their "service network", I've pretty much been told to buzz off and look on the Heartland site and find a local one. None of whom will take on a warranty repair 
Heartland has said that I can use an independent shop, and I'm still considering this, but there are some hoops to jump through.
Anyhow, my issue is that there is some short-circuit or grounding issue in the running light circuit. It blows the fuse on my Durango. I uninstalled the rear and side marker cameras that I had installed and reinstalled the old lights. It will run on my hubby's 4Runner so I plugged in for long enough to determine that the front passenger side light didn't function, but that the wires to both the front lights get *very* warm. (Which make me think the 4runner's tolerance is higher but that the issue is still on the trailer side.)
Unfortunately, I can't find the source of the issue before where the wires go under the coroplast.
I know nobody can tell me what to do, but any input would be appreciated. In your opinion, should I drive 8 hours to the dealership and have them make it right? Use an independent shop and either pay out of pocket or try to recoup it? Or take down or cut the coroplast myself and try and figure it out. (I'm a motivated DIYer, but not particularly experienced in electrical issues and have never dealt with coroplast). If the issue wasn't an obviously damaged or disconnected wire, I'd be stymied.
I know a lot of people go though issues even with new trailers and this is (hopefully) pretty small stuff compared to many of them, but I'm disappointed that my luck ran out
Heartland has said that I can use an independent shop, and I'm still considering this, but there are some hoops to jump through.Anyhow, my issue is that there is some short-circuit or grounding issue in the running light circuit. It blows the fuse on my Durango. I uninstalled the rear and side marker cameras that I had installed and reinstalled the old lights. It will run on my hubby's 4Runner so I plugged in for long enough to determine that the front passenger side light didn't function, but that the wires to both the front lights get *very* warm. (Which make me think the 4runner's tolerance is higher but that the issue is still on the trailer side.)
Unfortunately, I can't find the source of the issue before where the wires go under the coroplast.
I know nobody can tell me what to do, but any input would be appreciated. In your opinion, should I drive 8 hours to the dealership and have them make it right? Use an independent shop and either pay out of pocket or try to recoup it? Or take down or cut the coroplast myself and try and figure it out. (I'm a motivated DIYer, but not particularly experienced in electrical issues and have never dealt with coroplast). If the issue wasn't an obviously damaged or disconnected wire, I'd be stymied.
I know a lot of people go though issues even with new trailers and this is (hopefully) pretty small stuff compared to many of them, but I'm disappointed that my luck ran out
. There are some normal bolts and some oddball ones. Some of the have plastic that was maybe crimped in and some are plain, I wonder if the plastic fell off? And the gas lines go under the area…
