nldl8485

My wires are sheared! What size wire are these? They are thin to say the least.

nldl8485

I ended up splicing (temporary) in a section of wire with sufficient slack. High level brake light is again operational.

rkp216

Did the splicing in wire trick hold up?
Dealing with this now - dealer said $2800.
Not really excited about that - but, if splicing in wires provides a reasonable term fix, would prefer to go that way.

Thanks

Joec500

I had two of these wires replaced while under warranty, I then proceeded to splice and solder. I don't mind having to do this once every other year to save 2800.

CLeagones

I spliced mine back togther and hadn't had an issue since...spliced and resecured the with electrical tape...
method only took 10 mins and was FREE..no issues just crap cable routing for a part that constantly moves...

Dewinator

The mechanic that does my Ferrari came up with his own solution for mine, put in a thicker wire that loops out a little bit and put multiple layers of heat shrink over it to keep it from breaking like the tightly wound one. He said he has no idea if it will last but he charged me 1/2 hr, no $2800 screw that.

Thyberg44

Wow, thank you all for your help on this. I can't believe it's taken me two years to actually look into this, but with the current events and shelter in place, I've found myself with a lot more time at home between meetings to tinker on my car. Turns out, both wires leading to the spoiler brake light were completely broken apart within the fabric wrapping. This would make sense as it started as an intermittent issue as the wires began to separate and then became a full time issue once the wires completely broke apart. The fix took me about 30 minutes total. I found some old wire that was about the same gauge and basically spliced it in, soldered it, and wrapped it in electric tape to add a little more slack in the loom leading to the spoiler. Gave it a test run and everything worked brilliantly. So glad I didn't buy a new led brake light and start with that first... If I can be of any help to those on the thread, shoot me a PM and I'm happy to jump on the phone and talk through what I did to fix it. Thanks again everybody!
-Erik

Samuel Jasso

[QUOTE=911mhawk;15932817]Ive had this warning lately and was looking at the same driver side hinge wire that is very brittle and wrapped around in a way that looks to fail eventually.
Thank you for the heads up on the other plug by the fans, may have forgotten to reattach or knocked loose during last oil change.
Here's the wire in my ride, are other's routed the same?

Fix my problem it was the cable.
thanks. Save me some $$$

_BK

Interesting thread to revive, because I had this issue a few months ago and found this thread. It was the same wire routed by the extending spoiler for me, too. Frustrating, but fixed now.

Z00mie

If you've determined it to be the harness, it is a very DIY-able repair. I swapped mine out (wiring harness) with a new one in about 2 hours. It does require spoiler unit removal though...

epirok1

Found this post after I fixed it. My wires were so brittle! Stole some wire from my O gauge train set. Finished with heat crips just now.

Spare wire is better than a trip to the dealer!!

Looks good to me.

Samuel Jasso

Do you have the part # for the harness? I repaired mine, but would like to replace w/new one.

Z00mie

2014 C4S, wiring harness part no. 991 612 881 01 $114.00 shipped from Paramount in Hickory NC
(Sorry guys for the incomplete post, shoulda included this.)

Samuel Jasso

Thanks for the part # I will search in Internet

rjongco

Just got this warning today. I’ll have to give the wiring a look when I have time this weekend.