You might have blown something when the trailer was
hooked up? Check the fuses to see if there is a
problem. If the trailer is old there might be a short
in one of the wires that might have led to the lights
not working.
Brian T.
--- Ken Allgood <kenallgood@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Ok... why is it that when I let family members
> borrow my vehicles, something
> almost always happen.. grrr.. anyway.. My dad has
> every other monday off,
> and my mom wanted him to get mulch for the garden
> using my truck and
> trailer.. I really don't have a problem with that,
> he's towed the trailer
> several times, just not quite that heavy a load (no,
> this doesn't lead to
> something bad, but, may have something to do with my
> problem, but doubt
> it).. anyway, I drive my, ugh, Probe to work... I
> let them use the truck
> as long as they take it in to get the oil changed
> and have the front
> alignment check (got a lifetime on it, might as
> well).. so I get home,
> everything seems to have gone OK. Well, I get in my
> truck to go to the
> fitness center about a mile away, and I see the
> brake light on, so I pull
> the release, and nothing.. hmm... the brake is up,
> so I push it down, pull
> release, it comes up, but light stays on, then I
> notice that the 4wd
> Part-time light is on, but ummmm... 1 small
> problem.... My truck is 2wd,
> not 4wd... well, I drive it around the block, no
> problem, so I go to the
> fitness center, nothing happens, drive back,
> everything's running fine,
> start to back into the yard and I notice that I
> don't see my taillight brake
> lights on.. uhhhh.. so I park my Dakota, kill all
> lights, put it in Park,
> put my foot on the brakes (while engine still on)..
> no brake lights on..
> well CRAP! So, with all that in mind... WTF could
> be causing
> this??!?!?!?!?!!? Obviously, now I cannot drive my
> truck around cause I
> don't have any brake lights, and anyone that might
> rear-end me, well, would
> probably be my fault for driving a vehicle that
> operating correcly :(
> Guess I'll be making a phone call to the shop in the
> morning and make them
> deal with it :-)
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L
>
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