Need Assistance - Fuse question...

[ucLAKings]

Hi All,

When converting my interior lights to the LEDs from Diode Dynamics, I must've blown a fuse. I got the map lights and vanity lights working until a mishap with the glove compartment bulb blew the fuse lol. The map lights, vanity, trunk and glove lights all went dead. :headbonk:

I looked through the forum and replaced fuse #1 as others had mentioned (labeled Demand Lamps in the owners manual). That brought the map lights back but none of the other lights have come back...plus, the Homelink system isn't working either. Just curious if anybody here knows if there is another fuse which controls the vanity, glove, trunk, and Homelink system. I called Ford Customer Service and they didn't know the answer :shrug:

Thanks in advance!

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[Falconetti]

Maybe get a tester and test each fuse, this is usually easy to do in most cars haven't tried in this one yet. Are there fuses under the dash and under the hood? theres one somewhere just need to find it. forgot to mention holy smokes man! you're blowing fuses changing bulbs?!?

 

[ucLAKings]

Maybe get a tester and test each fuse, this is usually easy to do in most cars haven't tried in this one yet. Are there fuses under the dash and under the hood? theres one somewhere just need to find it. forgot to mention holy smokes man! you're blowing fuses changing bulbs?!?

Haha...yeah, seems like it isn't uncommon based on a few threads similar to this one

Thanks! I didn't know there was such a thing as a tester...will look one up

 

[Falconetti]

if you have a multimeter that works but usually the auto parts stores have a cheap probe with a clip for a ground on one side and the probe end on the other to test for power, the little light bulb in the handle lights up when it hits some voltage, most cases you will find a fuse with power on one side and not the other. that be your problem

 

[saintsokwitit]

Help

I had the same thing happen to me Please tell me you found a fuse and you can give me that information.

 

[ucLAKings]

I had the same thing happen to me Please tell me you found a fuse and you can give me that information.

Hey saintsokwitit...I went to O'Reilly's and bought a fuse tester (not sure if that is the correct term haha) to test each fuse. Once I figured out which one was dead, I replaced it. Make sure you buy the right size fuse for the replacement. It actually wasn't very hard. Good luck!

Gene

 

[ConspicuousConsumption]

Fuse tester... can't you just eyeball it to see if the metal connector is broken? Or are these different types of fuses (I haven't pulled one out yet, thankfully).

 

[saintsokwitit]

It was able to locate the fuse thanks to others on the forum and their comments.

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