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Blowing fuses!!!!!

Old Apr 12, 2010
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Blowing fuses!!!!!

For some odd reason im blowing (no homo) fuse #2 on the inside causing my blower motor not to work and causes my air bag light to come on and ive checked the blower relay and even switched it does anyone have any incite
 
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Old Apr 12, 2010
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Sounds like blower motor resistors are blown or shorting
 
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Old Apr 12, 2010
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Originally Posted by ranger4.0
Sounds like blower motor resistors are blown or shorting
that fuse only controls the relay though not the blower motor directly
 
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Old Apr 12, 2010
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Bump for drivng me crazy and it doesn't blow the fuse everyday it's like every couple days to once a day it's a range for when it blows
 
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Does the fuse control the high or low voltage to the relay?
 
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Originally Posted by ranger4.0
Does the fuse control the high or low voltage to the relay?
Low amp, volts are always the same LOL and I can't find for the life of me a wireing diagram for this truck
 
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Lol that's what I meant. There will be a fuse for each side of the relay
 
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It sucks to have to pull over on the highway to replace a fuse so my ac will work again LOL
 
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What year?? Manual or auto??
 
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What year?? Manual or auto??
It's a 01 with a auto
 
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In 2001, fuse #2 powers a bunch of different stuff but here's a fairly common one for automatics:

Pull the upper plastic trim off the steering column and check the 2 wires coming out of the hollow shifter from the O/D Cancel switch. They make sharp right turn there and then go down the top of the column. As the miles accumulate, the wires may either chafe through the insulation (short to ground) or break from the repeated twisting (open circuit). In your case, a wire may be shorting to the shifter and blowing the fuse.
 
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Thanks I'll check that one in the morning and I do have 153k on it also
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010
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Originally Posted by rwenzing
In 2001, fuse #2 powers a bunch of different stuff but here's a fairly common one for automatics:

Pull the upper plastic trim off the steering column and check the 2 wires coming out of the hollow shifter from the O/D Cancel switch. They make sharp right turn there and then go down the top of the column. As the miles accumulate, the wires may either chafe through the insulation (short to ground) or break from the repeated twisting (open circuit). In your case, a wire may be shorting to the shifter and blowing the fuse.
You sir get a cookie cause that was a issue
 
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Originally Posted by rwenzing
In 2001, fuse #2 powers a bunch of different stuff but here's a fairly common one for automatics:

Pull the upper plastic trim off the steering column and check the 2 wires coming out of the hollow shifter from the O/D Cancel switch. They make sharp right turn there and then go down the top of the column. As the miles accumulate, the wires may either chafe through the insulation (short to ground) or break from the repeated twisting (open circuit). In your case, a wire may be shorting to the shifter and blowing the fuse.
What about manual transmission?
 
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Old May 18, 2015
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same problem but manual transmission

Fml, this is retarded some one help... Driving me crazy replacing fuse to keep my heat and air going
 
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This was a useful thread. My backup lights and climate control blower aren't working. Looked and fuse 2 was blown. After I check the wires in the shifter, will be checking the resistor. TRS Magazine - Blower Motor Diagnosis.
 
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