Hi,

I bought a Roadtrek Class B on Chevy chassis. During a long road trip home, the service Stabilitrak message popped up. Also intermittently, the ABS light started to light up.

I stopped at a GM dealer who took a look at it and then indicated that the ECM looked like it had been replaced but the connector looked corroded and this was likely causing the errors. Total quote, eight hours to rewire a new connector plus the part.

They didn’t sound 100% convinced that this was the issue and the quote seemed pretty high to snip and rewire approximately 30 wires into a new connector.

Also, they sent me on my way but had disturbed the wiring enough so that all the engine lights were on and it was in limp mode so I made it a whole block before returning and getting them to restore it to its original condition. As such, I’m not totally convinced as to their competency.

In the vein of troubleshooting, is this rewiring of the connector something that a person can do themselves? I’ve done a bit of commercial electrical work so am reasonably competent at installation and rewiring but am wondering if there is something unique to automotive electrical that means that I should find a specialist to do it instead.

Any thoughts or recommendations much appreciated.

 

it requires special tooling. Leave it to a specialist that has the right equipment.