Happy New Year to all,
I discovered a safety issue on MJ's Stallion (Unit 175) that I thought needed to get out ASAP. I decided to look at MJ's headlights to see what I could due to make them brighter today. Also they needed aligning. Well I saw that they come out pretty easy so I removed the 2 slip brackets and discovered that the wiring harness at the light end was 1/2 way melted through and bare. The 3 wires (Red/Black/Purple) are enclosed in a plastic covering which runs down the underside of the hood, under the relay (which is plastic tied to the hole in the upper slip bracket) then to the relay and lights. Where the wire harness passes under the relay which is tied to the slip bracket the wire harness was rubbing on the top edge of the (L) slip bracket. The fastening of the relay to the hole in this bracket puts the harness in this position. The harness from vibration wore through the plastic cover on the harness then into the red and black wires. The wires were shorting onto the top (L) split bracket. The red and black wires melted together all the way from the relay to the harness connector running up the underside of the hood. About 18 inches of wire. There was a 1 inch bare spot on the wires where they rubbed on the bracket. I checked the harness above the connector and the wires were okay (LUCKY). I would assume that a fire was a possibility along with loss of lights. I spliced new wires in and secured the harness away from the offending bracket. I do not know how many units this effects, but I think it needs to be looked at. Please look at your harness or have some one look at it. See if it rubbing on the headlight fixture. Our harness was right against the top fastening bracket and that is where it rubbed through. I hope this helps someone. Let us know if you discover the same issue even if it had not worn through yet. Give us your Unit # (last 3 of the VIN) so we can see if my was just a bad install or there really is an issue out there.
The only other issue is the daily leak down of the air bags.
Ted
I discovered a safety issue on MJ's Stallion (Unit 175) that I thought needed to get out ASAP. I decided to look at MJ's headlights to see what I could due to make them brighter today. Also they needed aligning. Well I saw that they come out pretty easy so I removed the 2 slip brackets and discovered that the wiring harness at the light end was 1/2 way melted through and bare. The 3 wires (Red/Black/Purple) are enclosed in a plastic covering which runs down the underside of the hood, under the relay (which is plastic tied to the hole in the upper slip bracket) then to the relay and lights. Where the wire harness passes under the relay which is tied to the slip bracket the wire harness was rubbing on the top edge of the (L) slip bracket. The fastening of the relay to the hole in this bracket puts the harness in this position. The harness from vibration wore through the plastic cover on the harness then into the red and black wires. The wires were shorting onto the top (L) split bracket. The red and black wires melted together all the way from the relay to the harness connector running up the underside of the hood. About 18 inches of wire. There was a 1 inch bare spot on the wires where they rubbed on the bracket. I checked the harness above the connector and the wires were okay (LUCKY). I would assume that a fire was a possibility along with loss of lights. I spliced new wires in and secured the harness away from the offending bracket. I do not know how many units this effects, but I think it needs to be looked at. Please look at your harness or have some one look at it. See if it rubbing on the headlight fixture. Our harness was right against the top fastening bracket and that is where it rubbed through. I hope this helps someone. Let us know if you discover the same issue even if it had not worn through yet. Give us your Unit # (last 3 of the VIN) so we can see if my was just a bad install or there really is an issue out there.
The only other issue is the daily leak down of the air bags.
Ted
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