Relays for trailer
#1
09-29-2005 | 01:24 AM
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Relays for trailer
Howdy,
I have an '04 Freestar SES and am in the process of installing a class 2 hitch. Anyway, I called a couple of U-Haul joints to get a quote and a couple of them told me that they would have to order some extra wiring for the trailer lights and would have to run a wire to the battery for power. Well, I talked to another U-haul dealer and he told me that all I need are 3 relays. He told me that I could find these relays in my owner's manual. I did find the diagram of all the relays and fuses and found the 3 that he is talking about. I called the local Ford dealer to ask them if they could tell me which relays I need. They told me that they need an engineering number or part number. I don't have that b/c I don't have the relays. He said that they don't have a way to cross-reference with what's in the manual. I thought that is pretty stupid. He said that they would have to run a diagnostic on it and the machine would spit out the part numbers needed. I thought that was stupid and that they obviously want me to come in so they can charge me $80 for something that I KNOW they have the answer for. Does anyone have the towing package on their Freestar and if so can you get me the engineering numbers and/or part numbers for these 3 relays. My manual says that they are relays 29, 30, and 31. They are all micro relays. Will all micro relays be the same?
Any help would be obliged.
Thanks
I have an '04 Freestar SES and am in the process of installing a class 2 hitch. Anyway, I called a couple of U-Haul joints to get a quote and a couple of them told me that they would have to order some extra wiring for the trailer lights and would have to run a wire to the battery for power. Well, I talked to another U-haul dealer and he told me that all I need are 3 relays. He told me that I could find these relays in my owner's manual. I did find the diagram of all the relays and fuses and found the 3 that he is talking about. I called the local Ford dealer to ask them if they could tell me which relays I need. They told me that they need an engineering number or part number. I don't have that b/c I don't have the relays. He said that they don't have a way to cross-reference with what's in the manual. I thought that is pretty stupid. He said that they would have to run a diagnostic on it and the machine would spit out the part numbers needed. I thought that was stupid and that they obviously want me to come in so they can charge me $80 for something that I KNOW they have the answer for. Does anyone have the towing package on their Freestar and if so can you get me the engineering numbers and/or part numbers for these 3 relays. My manual says that they are relays 29, 30, and 31. They are all micro relays. Will all micro relays be the same?
Any help would be obliged.
Thanks
#2
09-30-2005 | 12:38 PM
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RE: Relays for trailer
Figured it out and now feel like a complete idiot. 
I got to thinking...if I need a micro relay for the trailer lights as the manual states and there are other functions that currently use a micro relay, perhaps they're the same part, thus I would have my part number. Sure as ****, I looked in the fuse/relay box under the hood and all of the micro relays in there now are the same thing. I ordered 3 from the local dealership. $9 a piece. Ford told me that they would have to run a diagnostic on it to find the right part numbers. Bastards! They were just trying to get $80 out of me for something they already knew.
I got to thinking...if I need a micro relay for the trailer lights as the manual states and there are other functions that currently use a micro relay, perhaps they're the same part, thus I would have my part number. Sure as ****, I looked in the fuse/relay box under the hood and all of the micro relays in there now are the same thing. I ordered 3 from the local dealership. $9 a piece. Ford told me that they would have to run a diagnostic on it to find the right part numbers. Bastards! They were just trying to get $80 out of me for something they already knew.
#3
09-30-2005 | 01:57 PM
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RE: Relays for trailer
Yep, sounds like it. Find a new dealer if you can. If they have a website, see if you can put commenst on it and ream them a new one, or email the general manager, let them know that they are a bunch of BS artists and you won't stand for it, YEAH[sm=violent053.gif]
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