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07-24-2013, 11:00 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Painesville,Ohio
Posts: 15
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problems with turn signal,headlights,flashers
High: I have a 2002 325 FR class A. I am haveing trouble with the LIGHTS.
1. I have no right side turn signal in the front anytime and I have changed the buld ,fuses and still nothing
2. No brake lights all all did the same as above.
3.My 4 way flasker work but goes out when i put my headlights on.
I hve changed bulbs ,fuses relays still nothing would some one out there please help me with this. I am ready to pull out my hair.
Thanks
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07-24-2013, 12:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Bridgewater, NJ
Posts: 158
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Place a good set of jumper cables from the negative battery terminal to the headlights ground. If you see improvement look for a broken ground. The cassis is grounded but the fiberglass ends (front and rear) are not metal so they need a ground wire of sufficient size to handle the current. The ground side is not fused and is common to your failed components.
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07-24-2013, 04:26 PM
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CLASS "A" Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Upperco, Maryland
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Have to agree with intercept about the ground. I had a similar situation a few years back and found the ground to the frame under the hood was poorly done. An aluminum self-tapping screw had been used with an oversized terminal connector with a round loop and a washer. No paint was removed from the frame where the screw was installed so my connection was just the threads of the screw. I found mine behind a large amount of wires on the driver's side under the hood. I drilled a hole in place where the screw had been, wire wheeled off the paint at the hole and bolted the terminal end to the frame. I then sprayed terminal protector over the whole thing. Have not had any problems since.
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Driver: Charlie
Navigator: Sheri
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07-24-2013, 06:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: vero beach fl
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Its like Forrest River just started building Georgetown Motorhomes
and they haven't worked out all of the kinks yet
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07-24-2013, 07:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 592
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Try taking the bulbs out of all the flashers, including any repeaters on the sides, and putting them back in. My front flashers would not work( L or R) until I did this. It's like all the grounds are wired in series and when one goes, they all go.
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07-27-2013, 10:02 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: newburgh n.y.
Posts: 45
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Charlie, I have the 370 and the exact same ground problem. Only it happened at 3 A.M. on rt 80, bingo no lights. That will scare the life out of ya fast. Had to do the same repair.
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07-27-2013, 11:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 7,948
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I say its a common ground problem.
Take a look under the hood on the vertical frameright side(drivers side)
Look for the wires that are attached to the metal column.
This may help a little in what you should be looking at.
See the little white wire attched to the column in the picture between the horns.
You may have a few more wires. That seem to be the common ground point for FR Georgetowns that give problems.
Good luck
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07-28-2013, 10:53 AM
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CLASS "A" Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Upperco, Maryland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 370xl
Charlie, I have the 370 and the exact same ground problem. Only it happened at 3 A.M. on rt 80, bingo no lights. That will scare the life out of ya fast. Had to do the same repair.
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Thankfully mine happened in my driveway, but strangely it happened at 3:00 AM as well. I planned to head to the Camping World that used to be in Manassas VA to have an Inverter problem addressed. I figured I be ahead of the Capital Beltway traffic and just sack out once I got there. I wasn't able to really look into the problem until daybreak so I was about 3 hours behind schedule but tahnkfully found it and was still able to get to CW later taht day.
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2007 Georgetown 370TS
aka - RAYNMKR
Driver: Charlie
Navigator: Sheri
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07-28-2013, 11:04 AM
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CLASS "A" Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Upperco, Maryland
Posts: 3,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jojo bamboo
Its like Forrest River just started building Georgetown Motorhomes
and they haven't worked out all of the kinks yet
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That's the problem with high production and meeting quotas. It's all the little things that add up to the bigger problems to their customers. Every time I've had a problem I've contacted them for advise or just to give them the info about what I found. Every response stated they would bring it to the production supervisor's attention. I guess they try their best to keep costs down but building a water heater support out of the scrap they cut from another area to me is just ridiculous. See my post My Version of Come On Man!
http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...man-21579.html
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Driver: Charlie
Navigator: Sheri
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