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[doodown87]

My 2011 Triton LT-11 clamshell has been driving me nuts with lighting issues. The trailer was bought new by me end of season 2011 over a year ago. It was fine for the 5 trips i had with it then. 2011-2012 season / All last winter the blinkers and brake lights work erratically. Sometimes i hook it up and everything but the left brake and blinker work, then sometimes the left works fine and the right one will do the same. They never both go out its always one or the other and theres never any rhyme or reason to it. Its not the truck because I have towed it with four different trucks (mine, my friends and two different work trucks) and its the same on those trucks.
I took it to the dealer in February and they replaced the 4 pole plug with a 7 pole one saying they thought the 4 pole one was loose fitting and wasnt getting a good connection which i like alot better and it worked great till the end of april when it was parked. Today I went out to move the trailer for the first time since april and the right blinker/brake light doesn't work again, this is actually a new truck cause i just bought a different pickup last week. Tested the truck since its new to me and the truck works great so its the darn trailer AGAIN!! I took all the lights off, checked all connections and put di-electric grease on them all and it didnt fix anything. This is the only trailer ive bought that ever had any electrical problems and i cant figure it out.. its never any lights but the stop/blinker lights. Anyone else have a Triton with these issues??

[krm]

climb under the trailer ,unplug the harness where the harness goes thru the tube, green =right ,yellow =left the harness from the plug at the truck is seperate from the harness for the trailer .when you climb under the trailer you'll see where it hooks together ,clean those conections ..

[markc]

x2, that is where my problem was.

[doodown87]

climb under the trailer ,unplug the harness where the harness goes thru the tube, green =right ,yellow =left the harness from the plug at the truck is seperate from the harness for the trailer .when you climb under the trailer you'll see where it hooks together ,clean those conections ..

Thanks Ken, I didn't realize there was a plug in there ill definitely check that out. BTW seymours is where I bought it and thier the ones that looked at it in February. Haven't been too thirlled with them. Glad I ordered my new sled elsewhere this year.

[snowfreak56]

It is usually a ground issue when the brake lights and turn sinals go haywire and work irratic..

[Andrew5176]

I also had an issue like yours but my solution was the wireing on the truck side. I own a 04 chevy silverado and the stock trailer hitch connector needed to be taken apart cleaned and put back reassembled. i'm not saying that's the problem just check the truck side as well.

[doodown87]

I also had an issue like yours but my solution was the wireing on the truck side. I own a 04 chevy silverado and the stock trailer hitch connector needed to be taken apart cleaned and put back reassembled. i'm not saying that's the problem just check the truck side as well.

As I stated the trailer does it on all four trucks its been towed with. I checked them all last night and they all work fine.

[63X40]

Check the main ground wire where it connects to trailer frame. If it is dirty or corroded it will make the lights do what you have said.

[Sixball]

+1 on It is usually a ground issue! I got so frustrated with an older trailer I had with the same issues I got ped off and rewired the trailer with a ground wire to all lights never had problems again.

[doodown87]

+1 on It is usually a ground issue! I got so frustrated with an older trailer I had with the same issues I got ped off and rewired the trailer with a ground wire to all lights never had problems again.

If the trailer wasn't nearly brand new id be doing the same thing.

[rblscoot]

Get a battery and power up your trailer. Check left right parking lights with the battery. then you will know if it is the trailer or the truck. And as already said 99% of the time it is the ground. When I or friends have light problems I use a battery or a charger for my power source to trouble shoot..........good luck

[doodown87]

Get a battery and power up your trailer. Check left right parking lights with the battery. then you will know if it is the trailer or the truck. And as already said 99% of the time it is the ground. When I or friends have light problems I use a battery or a charger for my power source to trouble shoot..........good luck

Like a lawn tractor battery? How would I hook it to the plug?
I have tested the trucks with my tester they are all fine.

[hparaptor]

Thanks Ken, I didn't realize there was a plug in there ill definitely check that out. BTW seymours is where I bought it and thier the ones that looked at it in February. Haven't been too thirlled with them. Glad I ordered my new sled elsewhere this year.

Interesting comment about Seymours. Haven't had any issues with their service. They repaired my blown SDI within a week and I was riding the next weekend. Get answers to all my questions and will continue to go there.

I tend to tackle anything electrical before asking anyone else. I haven't found a shop that can quickly resolve an electrical problem.

Like a lawn tractor battery? How would I hook it to the plug?
I have tested the trucks with my tester they are all fine.

Found this on the internet

[doodown87]

Interesting comment about Seymours. Haven't had any issues with their service. They repaired my blown SDI within a week and I was riding the next weekend. Get answers to all my questions and will continue to go there.

I tend to tackle anything electrical before asking anyone else. I haven't found a shop that can quickly resolve an electrical problem.



Found this on the internet

Thanks for the pic. As for seymours, my luck with them hasn't been as good as yours.

[snow dance]

With a tilting trailer you can lose the ground at the pivot point.Put a jumper ground wire from the tongue to the frame at the pivot to eliminate that as a problem.Good luck.