My PCB went a few weeks ago...............😤😤 An indicator short circuit blew it. Short circuit fixed a new pcb was ordered from the factory...... it blew as soon as it was plugged in....... £800 +.......!!!!
By this point my local auto electrician/genius decided that the only sensible approach was to completely re engineer the pcb. He works on everything from pre war cars to the latest electric things......... he said he'd never come across anything as poorly done as my 07 4/4......🤷🏻♂️😆
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Julian, you have provided a prime example of that which seems to be the costs involved in maintenance and repair of modern vehicles in general.... Being of the baby boomer generation £800 to repair a fault in an indicator seems plain ridiculous, but I remember Peter`s (?) brake light fault that required at least two visits either to the MMC or one of their agents to have it resolved, which it seemed involved rather a lot of inconvenience in the process....
I suspect your autospark`s thinking on back-engineering the circuitry may be the simplest option, for as long as old components may still be available...?
You seem pretty clued up on motoring matters Jullian, I wonder if you might find something of interest in this 15 min vid, quite how much of it`s content may be A.I. generated I know not, but if even 10% of the facts presented are accurate... I do wonder where automotive "advance" might be heading...? )-:
I think the video and its message could be repeated across most of the big manufacturers now. Only the Chinese seem to be impervious to it at the moment.... but who knows what their actual sales numbers are...🤷🏻♂️ The rush to electrify motoring seems to be faltering, as it seems is the rush to net zero in the UK. Time will tell what happens, government intervention to influence a free market doesn't usually work, it will fail again with the eco revolution I suppose......🤷🏻♂️ What with AI, EV, IT and net zero we'll all be back to horses and carts living in a new dark age within 25 years......🤦🏻♂️
