Partway through northern Nevada on the way to Montana I had to hit the brakes quick; coming down a hill as a big rig pulled in front of me. The ESP, Traction, and ABS fault lights came on immediately, but the brakes were good. I pulled in to fuel up in a station in the middle of nowhere, got fuel, and discovered I was locked out of putting the thing back into gear (out of park). I was stuck at the pump until I turned to sprinter-source to sort out if I could override the park lockout. Bingo, thank you sprinter-source. A pencil pushing gently on the release in the hole below the D on the shift panel.
After faking the brake lights, using the tail lights for a long ways, I finally had time to sort the problem. The failure was in the left tail light assembly, but only with the bulb inserted. It wasn't the bulb. The contact for the bulb had worked loose and when the bulb was inserted it would rock the top edge of of the contact towards the Gnd/Rtn plate material that makes up the base connector for the bulb. I pushed the contact down into the block and then covered the base where it was in contact with some electrical tape for the time-being.
After faking the brake lights, using the tail lights for a long ways, I finally had time to sort the problem. The failure was in the left tail light assembly, but only with the bulb inserted. It wasn't the bulb. The contact for the bulb had worked loose and when the bulb was inserted it would rock the top edge of of the contact towards the Gnd/Rtn plate material that makes up the base connector for the bulb. I pushed the contact down into the block and then covered the base where it was in contact with some electrical tape for the time-being.
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