weird new symptom just started today when i open the door

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Sorry i meant to add that this all occurred when the truck was running. i was in it and went to get out, and that's when the stuff flashed. when i got back in, it didnt do it, but then it did it again when I got out.

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You need a young priest and an old priest. :mrgreen:

THat is the oddest one I have heard of. Have you run the electrical tests in the sticky yet to rule out battery and alternator?

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That has happened to me as well, it's like a complete BECM reboot, even the lights went out for a second while going 100-120 km/h (60-75 mph) at night on a dark country road (very scary......).
Since replacing the fuse box it didn't happen while driving, but when a passenger (passenger sits on the right side in my case) opened the door/got out it happened maybe 3-4 times in a few months.

I replaced the alternator a week ago, I'll see if it comes back (maybe it happened due to a wet BECM, o-rings were leaking).

Sigi

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Thanks Mick, I'll check that area eventually. :thumb:

Sigi

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Sigi,

i just did the orings, so maybe that's what it was-it got wet? boy i hope theres a way to make it dry out. hasnt happened since or anything, so i'm not sure why it happened. it was only happening when i opened the door.

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The difference between our cases is that on yours the drivers (left) door illuminates the christmas tree, on mine something on the passenger (right) side freaks out the electronics (it already happened when I was taking something from the passenger seat while driving)

I have started to dry the carpets using a 500W halogen flood light, you just have to be extremely careful not to melt anything (luckily I only damaged a very small area :doh: ), but there was a lot of steam coming from the carpets...

Sigi

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Whenever something like this happens i like to leave the battery disconnected overnight. Fixes a lot of problems.

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wrldky said:

Whenever something like this happens i like to leave the battery disconnected overnight. Fixes a lot of problems.

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Good idea, i'll give it a shot. i thought it was something related to the remote starter that the previous owner had installed. It hasn't happened again since the initial post.