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Originally Posted by Rustynuts
This is from the recall report ...
"On certain FCCC XB and XC chassis’, during manufacturing of the rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM), which is a PDM unique to these chassis, the internal circuit board may be inadvertently subject to bending stresses which may, after a period of vehicle use, lead to intermittent open circuits, in which the rear marker, brake lights or left turn signal lights may not function"
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I understand. I actually did read the recall report before mentioning it. My thought, beyond the text of the recall, and my point was only that the same people (Freightliner FCCC assembly workers,) same plant (Gaffney, SC,) and same timeframe...sometimes things spill over...like what happened with the Bosch fuel pumps in our Ford and our Dodge...not even the same brand of truck.
The "PDM unique to these chassis" doesn't mean that every component of the PDM is therefore unique. Certainly they might share components such as circuit boards, relays, transistors, diodes, etc. the same way fifty brands of computers may share the same CPU or video chipset.
The OP was at a bit of a loss and asking for any ideas and I was just offering one possible idea...not trying to refute other opinions or suggestions and certainly not to argue about nuances. I don't have a dog in this fight.
I'm feeling like a guy offering to tell someone how to disable the annoying seatbelt chime in the new farm truck only to get pounded by others saying "You just need to wear your seatbelt."
Those folks apparently haven't had to jump in and out of the truck fifty times an hour to push cows and check fence wire. I don't need to feel superior by finding something wrong with every opinion but my own. I just like to help because sometimes people help me also.