1999 plymouth neon fuel pump fuse problem

[ashbug]

About a year ago, my car would just all of a sudden stop. when i tried to start it, it would just keep trying to turn over but couldn't. we figured out that the fuel pump fuse was giving out. i replaced it and it worked fine for awhile and then it did it again. i just kept replacing the fuse until it happened more and more often eventually not working at all. When this happened the mechanic ended up replacing the fuel pump. Then when i drove to college about a week later, the fuse blew again after about 350 miles. i replaced the fuse and it made it back home. It has been fine since we've only been driving it small distances. Then when it went a few hundred miles, the fuse has started doing the same thing again! A fuel pump should last longer than that shouldn't it? does anyone know what the real problem with the car is? i have no idea when it comes to cars, but it seems like you all know a lot. i'd love some help!

[DanF]

Check over you passenger side axle, there are wires for your downstream O2 sensor that cross it. Allot of thimes these hit the axle and short causing the fuel pump fuse to blow because they are on the same fuse. Thats what happened to my car, so just look and if there brokes/frayed just replaces them and zip tie them out of the way. its an easy job.