Had a very rude surprise this summer. Electric Trunk release stopped working
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Emergency manual cable backup not functioning
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. Located behind the back rest (back seat) driver's side. Had to take the entire rear seat assembly out of the car and then re-adjust the emergency cable when there was room to get at it.
Unbenounced to me, the writing was on the wall when the back up camera starting acting up last fall. Then early this summer it went kaput. Thought OK, no big deal. 10 buck camera what else is new? No no, not that simple. Seems Ford has a TSB out for all 2015, 2016 and 2017 Mustangs, both hardtop and rag top.
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Factory flaw in the wiring harness. A big understatement! A bit hard to explain, but the short of it is some "engineer" decided to install a hard plastic tube around the micro wires (24 gauge) in order to protect them when the trunk is opened and shut a zillion times. The effect was the opposite. The end of the tube eventually cut thru all the wires. 24 gauge is THIN. 11 wires in all. I only needed to lengthen and reconnect 9 of them.
Biggest problem was finding 24 gauge wire. Only place I found was on Amazon and yes, the Chinese really came thru on this one. Found self sodering 24 gauge shrink rap butt connectors at Prince Auto. Spend $40 on those and then about half way thru the rewire wasn't feeling that they were meant for the job (continual twisting action) so decided to soder instead. Needed a better sodering gun, had a ton of shrink wrap to heat so bought a new heat gun. All told the parts were $100. Fortunately, everything is working.