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On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

On the road 7 hours from destination. No codes. Does it in any gear. The gear position indicator dims or goes out and then comes back. Does it while parked too. The "economy" mode indicator blinks in unison with it.  Getting 13.3v at the dash and VMSpc. Ran slide in and out with no change in behavior. Flipping the HWH override switch did nothing. Cause for mediate concern or can I keep going?
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #1 –
Restarted coach and It's permanently dim. I don't think it ever goes out, just dims. I can cover it with my hand and see it better. Still responds to shift commands.

If I put it in economy mode, light tries to comes back and it starts dimming intermittently again.
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #2 –
Oh man. Turned headlights off and the issue went away completely.  Bet this is related to me cleaning up wiring behind the dash last week.

That tells me roughly where the problem is. I will troubleshoot further when we land.
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #3 –
Does transmission seem to shift normal?  If it does I would keep going.  Either you have a loose headlight wire or you might need keypad rebuilt.
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #4 –
How times have changed!!
I can remember getting out of our 1957 Dodge Custom Royale Lancer and banging on the fender above the headlight after a LEO stopped me for having only one headlight operating. And it came back on!!! :))  :))
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #5 –
 Just to eliminate it I would disconnect and reconnect the plug on the back of the selector pad.
John Duld
1995 U320C SE 40'

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #6 –
Crank up the genset and see if the shift pad brightens up.  After I did a HID conversion on headlights the shift pad would throw snake eyes occasionally when I turned them on, and had high current draw while igniting four bulbs.  The cure was a new alternator. 
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #7 –
If your headlights effect it I would expect it to be a common ground or a common power source.
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport

Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #8 –
Quote from: oldguy –
If your headlights effect it I would expect it to be a common ground or a common power source.
I'm betting ground. 
Jan & Richard Witt
1999 U-320  36ft WTFE
Build Number: 5478 Motorcade: 16599
2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited w/Air Force One
Jan: NO5U, Richard:KA5RIW
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Re: On road, Transmission pad blinking intermittently

Reply #9 –
Well this turned out to be silly. I fiddled with the dimmer next to the headlight switch and the symptoms went away. All it took was a couple turns back and forth.
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.