Help!! Gauge Fuse Blown Car Will Not Start

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Jan 29, 2007 | 03:56 PM

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RESOLVED Help!! Gauge Fuse Blown Car Will Not Start

My brother just called. he has a 02 CETA, A4. mods are muffler and k&n.

he said his right blinker was on this morning and he turned it off. he said it was still trying to com on. when he went to leave work this afternoon the gauges came on then went out. he turned of the car and now it will not start. the gauge fuse is blown, the radio works everything is fine till the key hits the start position. erveything shuts off. the car is in park. any idea's would be greatly appreciated.

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Jan 29, 2007 | 04:16 PM

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Don't know what caused the GAUGES fuse to blow, but there's a lot of other things on that circuit - BCM, BTSI, IP cluster, DRL module, probably the reason for the no start.

Jan 29, 2007 | 04:36 PM

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what do these stand for:
BCM
BTSI
DRL

just want to educate my brother and myself. thanks for the help

Jan 29, 2007 | 04:47 PM

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BCM - Body Control Module, BTSI - Brake/trans shift interlock, DRL - Daytime running lamps. Just guessing but think no power the the BCM is most likely causing the no-start?????

Jan 29, 2007 | 04:52 PM

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thanks for the help and the education. my brother just called. he replaced the fuse and the car is working fine. just one of those freak things i guess.

Jan 30, 2007 | 11:44 AM

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Glad to hear it is up and running again. I think you and your brother made it a freak thing. If you knew the fuse was blown why didn't you replace it right away? You paniced when you already knew what the problem was. I'm not trying to bash or anything, I've let my car get the best of me before as well. Like u said, just one of those freak things.