meter fuse keeps blowing
05-30-07, 11:35 AM
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meter fuse keeps blowing
any reason why my meter fuse would keep blowing? i have not changed anything electrical or mechanical with the car. Just started happeneing last week, everytime i put a new fuse in, within 5 minutes it will blow
also about a month before all this happened, my e-fans stopped working, could not figure out why, so i have them hard wired with a switch to the battery
also about a month before all this happened, my e-fans stopped working, could not figure out why, so i have them hard wired with a switch to the battery
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05-31-07, 08:38 AM
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ground???
ok i have been having problems with my meter fuse. I have read that the ground for that is back by the fuel pump cover. If it was not screwed down properly, would that short out my ground?
(reason i ask is I had some things in the trunk, i moved them off the fuel pump cover, figuring they were bumping on it when i hit bumps and turns, after i removed the things off of it, it seemed to stop tripping the fuse)
any relation?
(reason i ask is I had some things in the trunk, i moved them off the fuel pump cover, figuring they were bumping on it when i hit bumps and turns, after i removed the things off of it, it seemed to stop tripping the fuse)
any relation?
06-09-07, 09:18 PM
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Freaking meter fuse!
ok, so i took the car to a shop to look at it. they said i had a short somewhere in my rear defroster and disconnected it (thats fine i live in s florida) now its still popping. makes my car run like ****, no turn signals, no reverse lights, no gauges......anyone know how to test for a short or where to start. i finally have my car running 95% and this **** is happening. please someone help me figure out where to start........
06-10-07, 05:44 PM
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Was your car in a wreck? Are you running larger tires and rims (possibly rubbed) a harness under the front plastic. The things you say aren't working are the places you need to systematically eliminate as the problem. It obviously wasn't the rear defroster.
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06-11-07, 12:29 AM
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instead of the 16"s im running 17's but with a low profile, so i dont think its that. i started pulling the fuses that run some of the same things that the meter fuse does, and it still doesnt work. it seems to be getting worse and worse now. everytime something gets fixed on this car, something else goes wrong. i dont have the time or the knowledge to do this stuff. (id take a mechanical problem over an elec problem anyday) im taking it back to the shop tomorrow. hopefully they can fix it this time.
if anyone has any ideas or soulution please chime in.
and no my car was not in a wreck (that im aware of) ive owned the car for a little over a year and have not changed it at all (except for adding guages and a stand alone and a mid pipe.) but all this was done months before i started having these problems. so i dont think that any of that did it.
only thing i can think of is about a week before this all started when i went WOT i smelled burning rubber (wires perhaps)
if anyone has any ideas or soulution please chime in.
and no my car was not in a wreck (that im aware of) ive owned the car for a little over a year and have not changed it at all (except for adding guages and a stand alone and a mid pipe.) but all this was done months before i started having these problems. so i dont think that any of that did it.
only thing i can think of is about a week before this all started when i went WOT i smelled burning rubber (wires perhaps)
06-11-07, 09:45 AM
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instead of the 16"s im running 17's but with a low profile, so i dont think its that. i started pulling the fuses that run some of the same things that the meter fuse does, and it still doesnt work. it seems to be getting worse and worse now. everytime something gets fixed on this car, something else goes wrong. i dont have the time or the knowledge to do this stuff. (id take a mechanical problem over an elec problem anyday) im taking it back to the shop tomorrow. hopefully they can fix it this time.
if anyone has any ideas or soulution please chime in.
and no my car was not in a wreck (that im aware of) ive owned the car for a little over a year and have not changed it at all (except for adding guages and a stand alone and a mid pipe.) but all this was done months before i started having these problems. so i dont think that any of that did it.
only thing i can think of is about a week before this all started when i went WOT i smelled burning rubber (wires perhaps)
if anyone has any ideas or soulution please chime in.
and no my car was not in a wreck (that im aware of) ive owned the car for a little over a year and have not changed it at all (except for adding guages and a stand alone and a mid pipe.) but all this was done months before i started having these problems. so i dont think that any of that did it.
only thing i can think of is about a week before this all started when i went WOT i smelled burning rubber (wires perhaps)
06-13-07, 08:53 AM
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So now im screwed and out of options.....
as some of you may have read in my previous posts, ive been having problems with my meter fuse continuasly blowing. i took it to a shop, and they want like 900 to do the work to "try" to fix it with no promises. I need this to work.
I know someone has had this problem before, can anyone shed some light for me.
I know someone has had this problem before, can anyone shed some light for me.
06-13-07, 09:55 AM
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I haven't read your previous posts but it sounds like you have a short to ground somewhere. It's trial and error time, fire up your volt meter and start testing for continuity where it shouldn't be.. I wouldn't use that shop either. $900 for what? They have no idea how long it will take to find the problem or what it is.. electrical issues can be time consuming though I wish you luck.
06-13-07, 10:05 AM
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I haven't read your previous posts but it sounds like you have a short to ground somewhere. It's trial and error time, fire up your volt meter and start testing for continuity where it shouldn't be.. I wouldn't use that shop either. $900 for what? They have no idea how long it will take to find the problem or what it is.. electrical issues can be time consuming though I wish you luck.
06-13-07, 10:15 AM
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The basic method is to use the electrical diagram to locate everything on that fuse's circuit.
First confirm that the fuse output does have a short (close to zero resistance) to ground. Then start disconnecting connectors, etc., until you find one that eliminates the short, and investigate why.
There are variations on this, but that's the basic idea. It's not fun, and it can be very frustrating, but it's not rocket science.
First confirm that the fuse output does have a short (close to zero resistance) to ground. Then start disconnecting connectors, etc., until you find one that eliminates the short, and investigate why.
There are variations on this, but that's the basic idea. It's not fun, and it can be very frustrating, but it's not rocket science.
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i put in the aem ems
06-13-07, 10:21 AM
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The basic method is to use the electrical diagram to locate everything on that fuse's circuit.
First confirm that the fuse output does have a short (close to zero resistance) to ground. Then start disconnecting connectors, etc., until you find one that eliminates the short, and investigate why.
There are variations on this, but that's the basic idea. It's not fun, and it can be very frustrating, but it's not rocket science.
First confirm that the fuse output does have a short (close to zero resistance) to ground. Then start disconnecting connectors, etc., until you find one that eliminates the short, and investigate why.
There are variations on this, but that's the basic idea. It's not fun, and it can be very frustrating, but it's not rocket science.
yeah but the meter fuse is not just one thing...it controls the abs system, reverse lights, brake lights, turn signals, ecu, cruise control, and entire dash board.
i tried looking under the dash and there is like a million wires. i have no idea of where to start. i tried pulling every single fuse and relay that are not required to make the car start and run properly. and it still shorts out.
06-13-07, 07:46 PM
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i was thinking. before my meter fuse started blowing, my fans would shut off. (60A fuse would blow) i could not figure out why that was happeneing and i hooked the fans up so they run all the time as long as the car is on. (works out great gives me nice low temps) but i never fixed the problem with my fans....
it seems that the meter fuse blows more frequently when the car is hot....operating temps.....is there something that send a signal to the fan relays (which were obviously not working properly) that is shorting and causing the meter fuse to blow? i know they are two different systems but could one problem be related to the other?
it seems that the meter fuse blows more frequently when the car is hot....operating temps.....is there something that send a signal to the fan relays (which were obviously not working properly) that is shorting and causing the meter fuse to blow? i know they are two different systems but could one problem be related to the other?
