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by viraptor 602 days ago
> Using one kind of unkeyed connector in a car may be a bad idea. Things can be plugged in wrong during repairs.

I tried to lower the window in a Ford shortly after leaving the dealer. It fried the lock. Somehow they were connected together by accident. I agree dumb wires should be hard to mix up like that - both via orientation and similarity.