This 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix came in with a complaint that the blower had stopped working and the customer saw smoke from under the passenger side of the dash. Inspection at the under hood fuse box found a blown 30 amp fuse. I replaced the fuse. The new fuse is the square pink fuse second … Continue reading “2004 Pontiac Grand Prix, No Blower”
This 1996 Honda Civic came in with a complaint of the battery going dead. I checked and sure enough it was not charging and based on experience I checked to see if the speedometer was working. It was not. Knowing that this is a common fault with Civics, I checked to see if fuse #15 … Continue reading “1996 Honda Civic #15 Fuse Blown”
A 2003 Ford F250 Super Duty came in with the complaint that when fuse #44 in the underdash fuse block blows the gauges stop working. First I removed the lower dash cover, which is held in place by four quick release screws. Then I removed the fuse block cover and confirmed that fuse #44 was … Continue reading “2003 Ford F250 Super Duty Gauges Stopped Working And Fuse #44 Blows”
Boys and Girls this is why you do not install a higher rated fuse, jump a fuse with a piece of wire or wrap a fuse with tin foil. This vehicle had a very minor problem of the tail light fuse blowing and it escalated into a several thousand dollar repair because the owner or … Continue reading “2000 Maxima Blows The Tail Light Fuse”
2001 Ford Ranger with automatic transmission came in with fuse #2 in the interior fuse block blowing for the customer daily. Customers main complaint was that the a/c would stop blowing when the fuse would blow. Inserted fused jumper wire that uses ATO/ATC fuses. Cheaper fuses to blow and can access wiring to do amp … Continue reading “2001 Ford Ranger, Fuse #2 Blows”