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I've got a check engine light on my '02 Powerstroke Excursion, so I went to plug in my code reader and it doesn't work. I tried it on another vehicle and it works fine. I checked the fuse panel. The fuse is good and there is power in the socket. I noticed that the cigarette lighter which is on the same circuit as the OBD II doesn't work either. I examined the wiring harness going to the OBD II connector and I noticed a white wire with a blue stripe hanging loose. The other 8 wires in this harness go to the OBD II connector. It doesn't look like this wire broke off because I don't see any female pins inside the connector that don't have a wire going into them. My Haynes manual doesn't show this wiring. Does anybody know what's going on here? Anyone have wiring diagrams they could email me?
Look for a pin 16 at the bottom row last pin on your right.
It should have 12 volts on it.
Lead color is LB/Wht.
No power at the lighter is a problem. Look at the fuse for it. It's the same fuse for the
DTC port.
Sounds like you have two problems at the same time.
bradleyj: Did you ever get to the answer for this problem. The symptoms and hanging wire are exactly what i see in my 2006 F350 powerstroke. I realize this is a different decade but if you or anyone else has a suggestion I would appreciate hearing from you. why is the wire hanging?
I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that it wasn't the fuse and I don't think that the loose wire played any part in it. I think I had to splice 12V in from another circuit to get power to the socket.
Thanks for the reply. I turned out to be the fuse. The cigar lighter had been rewired to another power source so it still worked. I didn't see the blown fuse for the OBD the first time I looked. The hanging wire must be used on some other model but not this one.