Hello all,
just an FYI, I have an '07 Escape Hybrid FWD, and I had a ground fault in my trailer wiring harness, in the trailer. This caused the following symptoms;
-Left turn signal is active / operational
-Right turn signal is completely inactive / inoperational
-Emergency light switch works, however, only the left side flashes; right side is inoperable.
-All of this is also reflected in the instrument cluster.
After an afternoon of research, I figured out that the resulting cause of these symptoms ultimately ends up inside the SJB. The SJB is supposed to isolate fault branches, and retry them. if the fault is not cleared shortly after the first isolation is reset, the SJB permanently locks out that branch to maintain other functions. In this case, I knew that the trailer was the cause here, so for me it was easy; the biggest problem, was how to bring it back after the trailer was disconnected. I connected my OBDII reader, found no DTC's, but, what was significant here, was that I performed a reset from the controller, which re-set the system, and restored turn signal operation. Now everything works, and I haven't spent any money. I'm using a simple $200 INNOVA reader from Canadian Tire; I've had it for about 5 years now. I Hope this posting saves someone some money at some point; I haven't read about anybody else doing this on any other forum.
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