Diode Dynamics C1R hitch light help

[Sporter421]

Would love some help from anyone else that has installed one of these diode dynamic C1R hitch lights. I came across a few posts on here that said they were installed with no issues, loved the idea, so I decided to order one. However my ST goes bonkers with trailer messages every time I hit the brakes.

Just curious from other ST owners that may have this installed if I am missing something, did something wrong or if this is something to return. It does appear to work correct and looks great but car just goes crazy with notifications. Trailer connected, disconnected, trailer light errors.

 

[23 Explorer ST]

Would love some help from anyone else that has installed one of these diode dynamic C1R hitch lights. I came across a few posts on here that said they were installed with no issues, loved the idea, so I decided to order one. However my ST goes bonkers with trailer messages every time I hit the brakes.

Just curious from other ST owners that may have this installed if I am missing something, did something wrong or if this is something to return. It does appear to work correct and looks great but car just goes crazy with notifications. Trailer connected, disconnected, trailer light errors.

I have one on my 23 ST and have no issues. Works perfect. Have you tried to contact DD about this? They may have sent you the wrong wiring harness.


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[Sporter421]

I have one on my 23 ST and have no issues. Works perfect. Have you tried to contact DD about this? They may have sent you the wrong wiring harness.


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I did not. I actually ordered from lethal performance so I could use PayPal and diode themselves were showing back order at the time. Little did I know it was gonna wait and ship from diode anyway. Prior I had messaged another forum member that I seen posted they had no problem, to ask which car he ordered for since they have ones labeled for different year F150 and Broncos but no Explorer. He sent me the model number he got and that’s what I searched for and ordered. Did you order one for a specific ford model?

I will reach out to them tomorrow and hopefully I just need a different harness even if it ends up costing me a little more in the end. It is weird, I had to go to dinner right after which is when I seen the issue but when I left dinner not a single notification on the way to the ice cream shop but then just got one or 2 sporadic notifications on the way home from there. It went from every brake press to none then random lol. I checked to make sure nothing was loose.

Figured I’d ask here to see if maybe I was supposed to do something else and wondered if they would just say it isn’t for the explorer just the F150 and Bronco or something. Could be a bad harness to I suppose, maybe. I will see what they say, thank you!!

 

[23 Explorer ST]

I did not. I actually ordered from lethal performance so I could use PayPal and diode themselves were showing back order at the time. Little did I know it was gonna wait and ship from diode anyway. Prior I had messaged another forum member that I seen posted they had no problem, to ask which car he ordered for since they have ones labeled for different year F150 and Broncos but no Explorer. He sent me the model number he got and that’s what I searched for and ordered. Did you order one for a specific ford model?

I will reach out to them tomorrow and hopefully I just need a different harness even if it ends up costing me a little more in the end. It is weird, I had to go to dinner right after which is when I seen the issue but when I left dinner not a single notification on the way to the ice cream shop but then just got one or 2 sporadic notifications on the way home from there. It went from every brake press to none then random lol. I checked to make sure nothing was loose.

Figured I’d ask here to see if maybe I was supposed to do something else and wondered if they would just say it isn’t for the explorer just the F150 and Bronco or something. Could be a bad harness to I suppose, maybe. I will see what they say, thank you!!

I actually had this light and harness on my 23 Dodge Durango which I traded for the Explorer. Put it on the Explorer and it has worked perfect.
I put one on my 24 F-150 Lariat that came off my 16 Ram 3500 Laramie and it threw all kinds of warnings and alarms.
I contacted DD recently and asked if they had a harness for the 2024 F-150’s and they stated they haven’t tested that year truck yet.


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[Jeppo]

I remember there were issues early on. I have the C1 and it works perfectly.

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/...our-explorer-st-today.889/page-138#post-98014

 

[Sporter421]

I remember there were issues early on. I have the C1 and it works perfectly.

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/...our-explorer-st-today.889/page-138#post-98014

Yeah that’s why I didn’t call them first and I’m still worried that’s all they are gonna say but maybe not. I mean I know different model Ford have different sync versions, modules and stuff but I would like to imagine there is enough similarity somewhere that one of the F150 or bronco versions would also work on the Explorer or even Edge for that matter. I’m no engineer or mechanic so what the hell do I know lol. But I have no idea why it’s ok on someone’s 23 and not my 21. Does my ST have a different package? Is the harness different? Are those with no issues using the C1 without the brake light feature(don’t think so as one member I messaged gave me this model). Am I supposed to use the extra wire that provides constant voltage(I believe that’s what it does)? Don’t know but was hoping to find out to see if I can fix it. Hopefully they have a solution but of course they are only open M-F so this will have to wait until Monday. If not I will try to return or simply resell at a loss if need be. Stuff happens, no biggie.

 

[DaHuntah]

Little did I know it was gonna wait and ship from diode anyway.

Leathal Performance is a drop-ship company. You order from them, pay them and then they order from the company that sells the product and have it shipped to you. I've ordered from them in the past when they showed something in stock only to find out it was back ordered from the company. I always try to support the little guy but that kind of pissed me off. We're not the only ones who have had this happen either!

 

[Jetiemann]

I dont even see it as an option on DiodeDynamics Site for the Explorer. Is this because of issues it causes?

Or because the explorer doesnt come with a 7 pin trailer connection, so it required modification to the harness. According to the site.

 

[23 Explorer ST]

I dont even see it as an option on DiodeDynamics Site for the Explorer. Is this because of issues it causes?

Or because the explorer doesnt come with a 7 pin trailer connection, so it required modification to the harness. According to the site.

My explorer came with a 7 pin connection. I used the wiring harness from my 23 Dodge Durango and I don’t have any issues at all with the light.


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[Sporter421]

I dont even see it as an option on DiodeDynamics Site for the Explorer. Is this because of issues it causes?

Or because the explorer doesnt come with a 7 pin trailer connection, so it required modification to the harness. According to the site.

I’m not really sure what the reason is if they simply haven’t tested them enough to sell it as compatible or simply cannot guarantee it. I mean there seams to be people here using it just fine with no issues. Just need to find out for me if it’s the actual same product, different or same harness or simply something faulty with my harness maybe I don’t know. I love the idea of it and it is nice, it works great other than these notifications and errors occasionally. I mean I just drove somewhere for 20 min with no issues then some sporadic notifications (only like 3) on the same 20 min trip home. It was plug and play for me no modification.

I’ll call them Monday and update what they say. Hopefully they recommend a different model harness or if I have the correct one already send a new one to try. At least it looks like I didn’t miss anything and just unlucky for now.