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I had been searching for the 5A cruise control fuse (as stated on this and like 5 other websites) to no avail. I found a 5A fuse that was blown in the Eng. Compt. on a panel with a 20A fuse and a 50A fusable link. To my great surprise, replacing the blown 5A fuse did absolutely nothing for the cruise control. I drove the car for a week, and then yesterday, I got a wild hair up my ass to check that fuse again. Again, it was blown. I was determined to see if my cruise control module had a short or something (still thinking that that fuse was S51, since it isn't labeled, at all), so I put a 15A fuse instead of the 5A. Drove for 3 minutes (without cruise control) and started to smell an electrical fire smell. Pulled over and found that my electrical auxillary water pump (the pump that pumps coolant through the heater core because VW had to take the main coolant flow down so low to get oil temps high enough that it didn't provide enough flow to the core) was smoking like a pile of leaves was smoldering in my engine bay.
There is absolutely nothing like trial and error.
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