2000 Max electrical issues

Jul 07, 2008 1 Replies

Hit a deer a few weeks ago, not much of a jolt, really. Just bent the hood and broke a headlight. Took to body shop, new hood + light + paint = $1600. Picked it up, and the charge and brake lights were on, the clock does not work, and the trip odometer has no memory with the key off. I check it out, can't find anything but a bad alternator. Take it back to the body shop, and get their mechanic's opinion: bad alternator. I replace it myself (a pain, but not too bad). Fixes the charging system, but the clock still does not work, the security LED does not blink, and the trip meter still has no memory. My Haynes does not show enough schematics to see the connection (pun intended). Yes, all the fuses in both fuse boxes are good. Am I missing something? I have inspected all of the harnesses and ground connections all around the front of the car, can't find a problem. Input greatly appreciated!!



-Mike


Figured it out. I had been looking for a bad fuse all this time. What I found was a fuse MISSING! Obviously, the body shop removed the fuse for some reason (maybe to try to diagnose the alternator that went bad while they had it). Then, they neglected to put it back in. I called them to tell them about it, they took the politician's position: deny, deny, deny. Well, its fixed anyway.

-Mike

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