I keep blowing fuses
billindelicato
02-20-2006, 01:38 PM
97 rodeo dashboard and running light fuse keeps blowing every time i replace the fuse. i have checked the wiring diagram and nothing else is associated with that fuse line but yet i keep blowing them...any suggestions? i even went so far as to up the fuse blows them too
directory
02-20-2006, 02:05 PM
it could be a pinched wire. have you done any work under the hood recently? are they factory running lights? did you install them? i'f start with the light, then follow the wire back. eventually you are going to see the issue.
wire rubbed through, cut, prematurly grounded out...something like this is along that wire somewhere...
wire rubbed through, cut, prematurly grounded out...something like this is along that wire somewhere...
billindelicato
02-20-2006, 02:10 PM
all i did when it started happening was change out the bulb in the right rear tail light everything is original in the truck otherwise made no mods to the lighting
Canucklehead
02-20-2006, 02:19 PM
all i did when it started happening was change out the bulb in the right rear tail light everything is original in the truck otherwise made no mods to the lightingHave you removed that bulb?
billindelicato
02-20-2006, 02:34 PM
yes i have removed and replaced with another type of bulb (different manufacturer) still blowing
directory
02-20-2006, 02:51 PM
it may be possible that you are pinching a wire inside the housing --or with the housing.
remove the housing again like you are changing the bulb--then replace fuse. try that--leave the housing out while testing.
remove the housing again like you are changing the bulb--then replace fuse. try that--leave the housing out while testing.
95 Rat
04-05-2006, 02:28 PM
This was happening on my Rodeo as well. It turns out it was one of the front turn signals/running lights. The socket that the bulb goes into was very rusty and wasn't water tight. I actually couldn't even remove the bulb. Got a new light for $20 off of ebay and haven't blown a fuse yet.
Ramblin Fever
04-05-2006, 06:52 PM
Do you have a trailer wiring harness?
If so, remove it, replace the fuse, and see what happens.
If so, remove it, replace the fuse, and see what happens.
2eyefishclaw
04-05-2006, 09:38 PM
I have seen many of these
follow the wiring from the bulb back to where it goes through the center support it usually shorts out there
it is also possible the short may be under the radiator there is a harness the=at runs under it
follow the wiring from the bulb back to where it goes through the center support it usually shorts out there
it is also possible the short may be under the radiator there is a harness the=at runs under it
2eyefishclaw
04-05-2006, 09:38 PM
I have seen many of these
follow the wiring from the bulb back to where it goes through the center support it usually shorts out there
it is also possible the short may be under the radiator there is a harness the=at runs under it
follow the wiring from the bulb back to where it goes through the center support it usually shorts out there
it is also possible the short may be under the radiator there is a harness the=at runs under it
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