when i turn on the heater for my rear window it keeps blowing some of the fuses can u please tell me wht i need to do? the car is a renault 5 campus 1992
2006-10-26 07:45:39 · 13 answers · asked by BEN F 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Its a 14 year old Renault? set fire to it.
2006-10-26 07:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The car is 14 years old. During its life the hatchback door must have been opened and closed hundreds of times. The wiring at the point where the door hinges is probably faulty. The insulation may have cracked and you have a short circuit when you switch the heater on. Check the wiring. Don't just replace the fuse with one of a higher rating. That won't solve the problem.
2006-10-26 14:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by Jim S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like a wire is grounding out somewhere...but check what else runs off the same fuse it might not be the rear window wiring but a different wire that runs off that fuse also
2006-10-26 14:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by misterpetlok 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be a pinched harness, start at heater and follow wires back to fuse box look for burns or other damage
2006-10-26 14:56:14 · answer #4 · answered by Steven B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a short circuit somewhere or a defective relay. Be careful playing with that circuit, they can be up to 30amps and can give you a nasty shock.
Get hold of a multimeter and do a continuity test on the circuit, then disconnect its eart and try again, if it stil has continuity then you have a short.
2006-10-26 14:52:23 · answer #5 · answered by sam.trask@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this may seem to obvious but are you using the correct amp fuse to start with?
2006-10-26 17:25:57 · answer #6 · answered by THE POVES 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to Jim,he's bang on.
I bet the wiring is broken in the tailgate aperture.
2006-10-26 17:12:50 · answer #7 · answered by jixer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe there is a fault on the rear windscreen heater itself? a break in the circuit maybe?
2006-10-26 14:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by wac_coach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a short some were normaly where the tail gate open
it traps the wires there.
2006-10-27 02:16:19 · answer #9 · answered by witheringtonkeith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you asking this question again theres already been several good answers given for it?
2006-10-26 14:50:38 · answer #10 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋