C4S poppin fuses!!
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C4S poppin fuses!!
Afternoon Gents,
just wanted to bring this topic in since i DID a serch and the only thing i found was someone having a similar problem but was related to the power seats.
Friday night i tried to lock the car but the car kepts honking at me. i know about the radio honk but it was too quick. found that the door locking mech. wasnt working, no overhead lights and that my windows would not roll down. figured it was a fuse, replaced it and POP it blew. tried another one, this time a 20amp (the original was 15A) and again right away POP! had to put the car away since i couldnt lock the doors and drive the XB all weekend
has anyone experienced this problem? wanted to ask or see if anyone has had this problem, or can offer anything to look for that is causing this prob. dont want to head to the dealer and and be 1k less if it was something i could have done.
the fuse that keeps blowing is C -fuse number 3 (15a)
any help would be a great!!
just wanted to bring this topic in since i DID a serch and the only thing i found was someone having a similar problem but was related to the power seats.
Friday night i tried to lock the car but the car kepts honking at me. i know about the radio honk but it was too quick. found that the door locking mech. wasnt working, no overhead lights and that my windows would not roll down. figured it was a fuse, replaced it and POP it blew. tried another one, this time a 20amp (the original was 15A) and again right away POP! had to put the car away since i couldnt lock the doors and drive the XB all weekend
has anyone experienced this problem? wanted to ask or see if anyone has had this problem, or can offer anything to look for that is causing this prob. dont want to head to the dealer and and be 1k less if it was something i could have done.
the fuse that keeps blowing is C -fuse number 3 (15a)
any help would be a great!!
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As Loren said, trace back those devices. If you are not the original owner of the car you might be surprised what you find. There could have been some aftermarket items in the car that were removed but still have wire taps, etc, in the system.
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update!
found the problem with a friend sunday.
so we already knew that the fuse that was blowing controled the windows, door locks, and interior lights.
first pulled the window switches, thinking we pinched those wires during a recent B&M install. nope fuse blew
looked around and also remembered that the sunroof didnt work either. lets pull the over head lights and pannel....
and thats where we found the problem. i guess during my reinstal of my interior i put a screw through a few wires and it finally wore through to the core and that was causing all the shorting and the blowing of the fuse. taped up all the damaged ones and popped a new 15a. WALA, working again.
im a dumb *** . at least we found it and didnt have to resort to talking it to the dealer. dont even know what they would of charged me for this.
thanks again guys
found the problem with a friend sunday.
so we already knew that the fuse that was blowing controled the windows, door locks, and interior lights.
first pulled the window switches, thinking we pinched those wires during a recent B&M install. nope fuse blew
looked around and also remembered that the sunroof didnt work either. lets pull the over head lights and pannel....
and thats where we found the problem. i guess during my reinstal of my interior i put a screw through a few wires and it finally wore through to the core and that was causing all the shorting and the blowing of the fuse. taped up all the damaged ones and popped a new 15a. WALA, working again.
im a dumb ***
. at least we found it and didnt have to resort to talking it to the dealer. dont even know what they would of charged me for this.thanks again guys
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