Heated Mirrors smoking the inside.

I have a 94 limited with the heated mirrors. The have never worked so I pop out the window switch and take a look. A-HA! A fuse holder had been added to the mirror switch. I didn;t ask any questions just pop in a fuse and......smoke from the switch.

I attribut the smoke to a faulty switch so I waste $10 on ebay for a new one. Replace the switch and find the fuse I put in a fwe days ago is busted.

I grab a new fuse and this time put it in just enough to make contact and I hear a buzzing sound from the passenger side under the glovebox. Remove the fuse...it stop.

The fuse was going to smoke up the place again had I left it in. I googled and saw there was a recall on the explorer that year and the dealers went back and added the fuse holder to rectify.


Any ideas? a shorts somewhere? a defective mirror?

As I'm just gettin gmy feet wet on the Ford front again I'm not overly familiar with much of the recall info.

HOWEVER, as the saying goes, where's there's smoke there's fire, I woudn't monkey around on this ANYMORE until you know 100% where the problem lies and how to rectify it before attempting to return power through the circuit, and never ever replace a fuse with one at a higher amperage rating than called for by the factory.