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Turned on the car and up popped a 4x4 fault alert, the goat mode dial started flashing - all 4 lights at once, and I lost my ability to change goat modes. Could not even enter Eco mode which I always switch too. Took the car to the dealer. They inspected and found damage to the transfer case wiring harness. They shared this picture with me and want to charge me a lot to fix it.
Dealer suggested it was done by a stick or a rock... but just don't believe it would look this way. Also - I have not driven off road for well over a month, and dont recall smashing into any big rocks or bushes here on the paved city streets. Not to mention a rock or bush that would get up into the transfer case. Not to mention, I would expect a stick to cut all the wires, not leave 1 intact. Feels like that would be an all or nothing event?
At 1st I thought Rodents, but dealer said he saw no visual evidence of other scratches or droppings. Not a great part of the car for a rodent to hang out either.
Saw 3 historic posts of the drive shaft wearing through this harness... but those are quite old and don't seem to have any new posts? Also although visually the best fit of the 3 options, seems there should be way more of these issues posted if it was really a thing?
Any sleuths out there have a good hypothesis for what happened?
Is this something where the error signal would turn on immediately, or could I have been driving with this for months?
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Dealer suggested it was done by a stick or a rock... but just don't believe it would look this way. Also - I have not driven off road for well over a month, and dont recall smashing into any big rocks or bushes here on the paved city streets. Not to mention a rock or bush that would get up into the transfer case. Not to mention, I would expect a stick to cut all the wires, not leave 1 intact. Feels like that would be an all or nothing event?
At 1st I thought Rodents, but dealer said he saw no visual evidence of other scratches or droppings. Not a great part of the car for a rodent to hang out either.
Saw 3 historic posts of the drive shaft wearing through this harness... but those are quite old and don't seem to have any new posts? Also although visually the best fit of the 3 options, seems there should be way more of these issues posted if it was really a thing?
Any sleuths out there have a good hypothesis for what happened?
Is this something where the error signal would turn on immediately, or could I have been driving with this for months?
Looking forward to your thoughts.
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