Thread: Park lights fuse keeps blowing

Did you turn the car and the lights off before installing the new fuses? If not, that's a good way to keep popping them.

Fuses only blow due to over-amperage. Check all your headlight/foglight connections for obvious signs of damage (frays, burn marks, exposed wire, etc)

With the fuse still blowing without anything hooked up that means you have a short to ground. (a constant 12v wire is grounding itself out)

Take out all light fixtures and look for a pinched wire, if one is found then repair the pinched wire. You could have pinched a wire months ago and the all the driving you have done since the install has caused the wire to short to ground( the body of the car) just from normal vibrations of everyday driving.

DRL fuse removed shouldn't be causing the issue. Do a detailed visual check of all your light connectors (Headlight, tailight, and fuse box) and see if anything stand out. If not, find a wiring schematic, get a multi-meter, and try to track down where your short is.

Yes for a price.

Yeah, a good shop should be able to track it down, but be prepared to possibly pay for a couple hours of diagnostic time.

Shouldn't but it depends on the shops diagnostic labor rate, and how long it takes them to track it down. Usually a good electrical diagnostician can have something simple like that tracked down in under 1/2 an hour.

Looks like a legit enough place. They should be good to diagnose any wiring issues as they do custom installs and the like.

Many moons ago I was a service writer at a repair shop. We had a guy that was fantastic at diagnosing electrical issues like this. Bottom line, even for a pro, some jobs are easy, but some can take hours to diagnose.

The only way to save money is to do it yourself.

id wait for the car to warm in the sun or something to make sure nothings got ice bridging a plug or something. leave it parked in the sun. it may fix its self.

im in jersey too, i know its been below freezing for days on end still.