douellette Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 everytime i put a new fuse in for the interior lights in it blows within a week. the only thing that stops working are the interior lights, everything else works fine. anyone else have this problem? or know what i should be looking for? thanks. p.s. the car is a 97 cutlass Quote
95 vert Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 IIRC that fuse covers your trunk lamp, courtesy lamps and visor vanity lamps. A shorted bulb maybe. I would be looking at the wiring to the bulbs for a short. I've found visor mounting screws thru the wiring and also trunk wiring pinched under the rear shelf. Just a couple of ideas. Quote
douellette Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Posted September 10, 2009 anyone else have anything to ad? thanks. Quote
thatcutteeboy Posted September 21, 2009 Report Posted September 21, 2009 Check your cigarette lighter, it may be shorting out. Just leave it out and see if the fuse continue to blow Quote
douellette Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Posted September 21, 2009 Check your cigarette lighter, it may be shorting out. Just leave it out and see if the fuse continue to blow are you talking about the actual cigarette lighter or the aux one? and your saying to take the lighter out, replace the fuse and see if that fixes it? Quote
89GP_SE Posted September 21, 2009 Report Posted September 21, 2009 Check your cigarette lighter, it may be shorting out. Just leave it out and see if the fuse continue to blow are you talking about the actual cigarette lighter or the aux one? and your saying to take the lighter out, replace the fuse and see if that fixes it? yes take the lighter out.. replace fuse and see what happens Quote
douellette Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Posted September 21, 2009 hm, alright. thanks a bunch, ill try that tomorow haha Quote
thatcutteeboy Posted September 21, 2009 Report Posted September 21, 2009 hm, alright. thanks a bunch, ill try that tomorow haha Let us know what happens Quote
douellette Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Posted September 22, 2009 tried what you said, and to no avail. took the cig lighter out and replaced the fuse. within a few hours it blew again. Quote
oldscsc Posted September 22, 2009 Report Posted September 22, 2009 Can't change in the ashtray ground it out or something to that effect? Quote
Imp558 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Posted September 22, 2009 Sacrifice a goat, dip the replacement fuse in it's blood before installing, then wash the entire car in holy water. If that doesn't fix it try pulling all the bulbs and replacing them one at a time to see if one makes a difference and do a good visual of the sockets and wiring that you can see like 95 vert suggested. Kind of an odd suggestion, "like the goat wasn't", you could jump the fuse with an old seat belt buzzer and shake and poke at shit till it buzzes loud. I've done that at the battery and pulled fuses to find a circuit that was draining the battery fast. Quote
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