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Old 08-16-2013, 06:03 PM
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Angry Interior light fuse keeps blowing

Just as the title says,
So recently I noticed that my interior lights wasn't working when I open the door no lights come on so I check the fuses and see that it is blown, replace it and overnight it blows again.

Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem? And if there are any fixes to this?

Thank you
Old 08-17-2013, 03:37 AM
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There is probably a "short" somewhere, most likely a bulb.

If you remove the fuse and use a Ohm meter to measure the resistance with respect to ground from both end of the fuse terminal (with the fuse removed), you will probably get a close to zero ohm reading on one side.

If that's the case, just remove the interior bulbs and measure each bulb's resistance across its two connections/leads/ends. The bulb with a 0 or closest to zero (but under 5) Ohms reading is the troublemaker.

If you don't have a meter handy to validate this, I would suggest you first to remove all the interior lights, replace the fuse, open the door (so the circuit is active), then start popping the bulbs back in, one by one, until the fuse blows again... replace the fuse and the bulb that you placed back in last... then you should be set after that.

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Bump..

I realized I forgot some details haha. So my car went unused for a year. Battery was removed. Now my interior lights do not work, my side mirrors won't adjust, and my chairs don't adjust.
When I replace the fuse, everything works but the fuse blows within 10 minutes.

Everything else is working fine.

Any heads up before I bring it into a shop or dealership?

Thanks for any advice!
Old 10-05-2013, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Hliang
Bump..

I realized I forgot some details haha. So my car went unused for a year. Battery was removed. Now my interior lights do not work, my side mirrors won't adjust, and my chairs don't adjust.
When I replace the fuse, everything works but the fuse blows within 10 minutes.

Everything else is working fine.

Any heads up before I bring it into a shop or dealership?

Thanks for any advice!
Mice,Rats, or other animals have been known to chew thru wires.

Check carefully

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Old 04-19-2016, 11:09 PM
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could you please tell me what fuse is it?? HELP ASAP! i had replace with LEDS when this happened
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Help same problem!!!

Originally Posted by Hliang
Just as the title says,
So recently I noticed that my interior lights wasn't working when I open the door no lights come on so I check the fuses and see that it is blown, replace it and overnight it blows again.

Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem? And if there are any fixes to this?

Thank you
Help what did you do to fix this ??
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