cigar lighter shorted out and also data module

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Jun 29, 2014

captp371

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cigar lighter shorted out and also data module

my 2003 3.0 ranger had the cigar lighter short out as well as the data port where my OBD-2 connects. All fuses under the hood are good and I cannot find an interior access panel for additional fuses?.............HELP

Jun 29, 2014

redranger04g

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On the passenger side there is a fuse box on the front, right side. There is a little panel you have to take off to get to it. The fuse you blew is in there.

Jun 30, 2014

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Originally Posted by redranger04g

On the passenger side there is a fuse box on the front, right side. There is a little panel you have to take off to get to it. The fuse you blew is in there.

Pre-2004 models have the interior fuse panel on the drivers side (end of the dash).

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Jun 30, 2014

99offroadrngr

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yep it'll be on the drivers side as shown above.

Jul 1, 2014

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Common thing with Ford and their trucks (perhaps the cars too?), by putting the OBDII and cigarette lighter on the same fused circuit. My 2004 F150 had this same issue. I had a bad phone charger that would blow the fuse, which in turn disabled the OBDII port.