Fuse 12 on D1
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Fuse 12 on D1
Have any of you had issues with Fuse 12 under the dash on your D1? I can't keep mine from popping and I figured out how it pops. So far according to RAVE its part of a multi function circuit I can stick a fuse in there and the dome light will come on when I open the door like it should when a door is opened. when I go to shut it down and will of course turn the key counter clockwise to shut it off and just before I get to the point to pull the key out I notice a faint bit of smoke coming from the key cylinder or the column cover and sure enough I go to check fuse 12 and its blown. When its blown the dome light usually blinks seven or so times when the door is opened. btw my rear wiper does not work either but thats regardless of fuse 12 being good or not. Is my key cylinder bad? my key is slightly bent and I wonder if it is completing a circuit that it should not be? My 96 is an SD model.
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I had that exact problem. mine was a loose relay behind the glovebox. one of the relays was off the bracket, hanging by the wires across a metal bracket which eventually wore through the wire insulation.
open your glove box, there is a spring-loaded lever on both sides that you lift up on and the glove box will swing further open, almost flipping upside down(make sure its empty). once you get there, you can see 4 relays all on one metal bracket. or at least should be...
and yes, fuse 12 will effect dome light, rear window wiper, rear defrost, cd changer, t-case solonoid
open your glove box, there is a spring-loaded lever on both sides that you lift up on and the glove box will swing further open, almost flipping upside down(make sure its empty). once you get there, you can see 4 relays all on one metal bracket. or at least should be...
and yes, fuse 12 will effect dome light, rear window wiper, rear defrost, cd changer, t-case solonoid
Last edited by kenk; 09-14-2009 at 07:31 AM.
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smoke coming from the ignition switch? sounds like a short somewhere in the switch wiring to me, I would strongly get this checked out because the fuses will blow to protect your wires, and by continuously replacing the fuse you could be heating wires or the contacts on the back of the switch which could lead to a fire. I think Kenk has a great place to start, I had a relay come off that bracket too but it never shorted out.
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smoke coming from the ignition switch? sounds like a short somewhere in the switch wiring to me, I would strongly get this checked out because the fuses will blow to protect your wires, and by continuously replacing the fuse you could be heating wires or the contacts on the back of the switch which could lead to a fire. I think Kenk has a great place to start, I had a relay come off that bracket too but it never shorted out.
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Great info, I will check the row of relays behind glove box and yes a bit of smoke observed within/around the key lock cylinder on steering column, doesnt do it every time I really have to reverse the key to pull it out sometimes and it does that and the fuse is blown, great advice on the relays I will check those after work in 90mins.
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smoke coming from the ignition switch? sounds like a short somewhere in the switch wiring to me, I would strongly get this checked out because the fuses will blow to protect your wires, and by continuously replacing the fuse you could be heating wires or the contacts on the back of the switch which could lead to a fire. I think Kenk has a great place to start, I had a relay come off that bracket too but it never shorted out.
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