eztiger12
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Like the title mentions........I've been fighting this issue all winter (at least 5 months). I've done tons of searching on the net and forums for answers but to no avail.
Fuse # 4 blows as soon as the ignition is turned on ........this means no heated seats, no backup light, ESP light on the dash stays on and the ESP button does not work and from what I've read, possibly no A/C but can't check that now since it's cold outside.
What I have done so far, I cleaned the grounds located on the drivers side under and in front of the battery tray. I also opened up the big harness in front of the engine to see if there was any frayed wire but not this time.
I've read a thread where they mentioned a short coming from the heated windshield nozzle and a severed wire where the hood hinge is.
So, I looked into it and guess what I was convinced I found the problem.
I cleaned up the whole area without connecting back the wires together but making sure they were not touching nothing. Meaning, no more short and the fuse should no longer blow right?.......wrong, put a new fuse in and as soon as I turned the ignition .....the fuse blew.
Checked the bulbs for the backups but everything looks fine.
I order a short find but not convinced that is going to help so I depending on the gurus on this forum.
I've also inspected under the seat but nothing out of the ordinary, I'm planning to remove them this weekend to have a closer look for a possible short.
I've came across plenty of threads with this exact problem but they all die off without a solution or problem found. Almost everyone of those threads are cliff hangers.
I would really appreciate everyones input, especially the one that had the same issue.
Thanks to all in advance.
Fuse # 4 blows as soon as the ignition is turned on ........this means no heated seats, no backup light, ESP light on the dash stays on and the ESP button does not work and from what I've read, possibly no A/C but can't check that now since it's cold outside.
What I have done so far, I cleaned the grounds located on the drivers side under and in front of the battery tray. I also opened up the big harness in front of the engine to see if there was any frayed wire but not this time.
I've read a thread where they mentioned a short coming from the heated windshield nozzle and a severed wire where the hood hinge is.
So, I looked into it and guess what I was convinced I found the problem.
I cleaned up the whole area without connecting back the wires together but making sure they were not touching nothing. Meaning, no more short and the fuse should no longer blow right?.......wrong, put a new fuse in and as soon as I turned the ignition .....the fuse blew.
Checked the bulbs for the backups but everything looks fine.
I order a short find but not convinced that is going to help so I depending on the gurus on this forum.
I've also inspected under the seat but nothing out of the ordinary, I'm planning to remove them this weekend to have a closer look for a possible short.
I've came across plenty of threads with this exact problem but they all die off without a solution or problem found. Almost everyone of those threads are cliff hangers.
I would really appreciate everyones input, especially the one that had the same issue.
Thanks to all in advance.