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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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Lightbulb Fuse for climate control keeps blowing out?!

Hey guys I was checking my fuses and I realized one of them was burnt out. So i went ahead and changed it and my climate control was working again! I was sooo happy then when I turned the car on again the fuse was blown again? and now the climate control wont work.. can anyone tell me why the fuse keeps getting blown? maybe theres something grounding out the climate control?
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 12:10 PM
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Check your cigarette lighter/power point in the little recess right above your gear shift. If I remember correctly someone on here had a coin inside the lighter and it was shorting out and blowing the #10 fuse that also works some of the climate control.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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yea my ashtray cigarette lighter is all jacked up i dont use it anymore. Can I just unplug it?
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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I don't want to say just go unplugging stuff, you shold check it for a short first.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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well i just unpluged the ash tray lighter, And it didnt blow out again! I need a new ash tray lighter anyways so Ill just look around for one but its soooo nice to have my heater working now =) now I just need to re-charge the AC cause its prob been years since its been used lol.. thank god im really stoked now
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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Happy you were able to fix it. I hate it when crap like that happens.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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tell me about it man.. This car was in total chaos when I bought it! Ill throw some pixs up when its all done Im almost there.. Ive already spent close to 3k new paint, dings fixed, tint, rims, tires, HIDs, tune ups****, accesory lights, fuses, carpet cleaner, you name it and the car was a nightmare! bought her for 1200k so I was expecting some work to be done.. Heres whats left... Re-upholster seats, have cluster and climate control lights re-done, passanger O-**** handle, new right passanger tail light, new power antenna unit, new serpentine belt, new "male" driver side seatbelt(mines all thrased has a hard time fully extending it) new ashtrey lighter, driver side marker, fix gas tank door, new driver side door handle(outside) and have to go to Lexus for a new spare key.. Thats about it lol but yea you can only imagine what this car looked like when i bought it.. the before and after picture will blow everyone away lol

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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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im having similar problems....my harness got chewed up because i lower my car too much like an idiot...now my tail light , harzord blinker, horn, side marker, etc does not work...also this fuse is blown an anytime i replace it an pop the horn it fries the fuse?....what can it possibly be ??
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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It probably has to do with your harness being messed up. Fix that and you might fix the horn problem, or you will at least be able to tell the horn issue from the harness issue.
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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i patch the harness and same result
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 05:35 PM
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did you isolate each wire and extend then shrink wrap and MAKE sure non are touch each other?
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