Long story short I don't have power to the front sam. What do I need to test? Would the sam have power before anything else?

 

well crap... i would be checking the wiring that plugs INTO the sam... seeing as behaviour is the same between the old and new SAM's.
I don't have a wiring schematic for the SAM to tell you which is the power to check? (i have the WIS dvd's but have to dislodge a ton of stuff to free up the 70gb it wants just to be installed ffs) .. perhaps someone else can point to this.
In the meantime, (i'm sure you've checked through this)... but none of the fuses are not working and especially the plugs themselves aren't damaged from the water?
I'll try and get some info for you asap... possibly tomorrow if no one else has junmped in before then.

 

I have power in the prefuse box to 88, 89, 90 but no power to fuse 54 or 114. I'm about to start tracing this. I would think the Sam has to have power to bring power to the rest of the car. Radio works, interior lights work and sometimes the front seats and rear hatch works. After a few minutes the seats and rear hatch stop working and I hear a click. But then they start working again after a while. I haven't been able to start the car for almost 2 weeks now.