Here's one for the WTF trouble shooting database. I have an 04 tahoe that I bought used about 4 years a go. It came with a iPod connection that I have used the entire time. Driving home from work the other day the Hoe shuts down... no power won't crank... I find a 40 amp fuse blown under the hood. I replace it and it pops again.
My buddy tows me back to my place and I break out the service manuals to find that this 40 amper feeds about 10 other fuses. So I remove all the fuses and still have a ground at the 40 amp plug. I started fretting because I thought it was my ignition that might be shorted out.
Then something tells me to disconnect the iPod cluster fuk and the problem cleared. I have not traced the wires back to see where the idiot spliced in a non-fused link. But in the end. it was the ipod wiring that left me stranded. Had I taken it to a dealer or any other mechanic, it might have taken forever to find the problem because of where the ipod crap was hidden.
I don't mean to say it was iPod related.... it just happend to be the iPod wiring... could have been any aftermarket wiring job.
My buddy tows me back to my place and I break out the service manuals to find that this 40 amper feeds about 10 other fuses. So I remove all the fuses and still have a ground at the 40 amp plug. I started fretting because I thought it was my ignition that might be shorted out.
Then something tells me to disconnect the iPod cluster fuk and the problem cleared. I have not traced the wires back to see where the idiot spliced in a non-fused link. But in the end. it was the ipod wiring that left me stranded. Had I taken it to a dealer or any other mechanic, it might have taken forever to find the problem because of where the ipod crap was hidden.
I don't mean to say it was iPod related.... it just happend to be the iPod wiring... could have been any aftermarket wiring job.
