6 speed, Reverse gear not working
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i put a 20 amp in it earlier and it blew right away so i bumped the amp up from 20 to 25 today and it hasn't blown yet and the service engine light went off right away. I really don't want to go around replacing things not bad so if i took it in to the dealership for a diagnostic will it show up with anything if the service engine light is not on, basically would i just be wasting my money and time doing that?
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I got all the codes from autozone when the fuse blew and the light came on, but it said the MAF, all the O2 sensors were malfuctioning etc. Thats why I figured if the fuse caused those codes even though there really isnt anything wrong with them. Bigger fuse no problem today anyway, the 20 blows right away. Basically thats why i was wondering about a diagnostic from the dealership if it would be anymore in depth, and if the service engine light had to be on or if it is say just a short somewhere could it be found by getting one?
Ok another question on this topic. Since it's blowing the fuses and the service engine light is coming on I went and got the codes read at Autozone today, will it just always list codes associated with that fuse or if it's reading them is something actually bad. For instance it said both Oxygen sensors had a malfuction, the mass air flow input is lower then expected (that wouldnt trigger the service light though right)?, skip shift solenoid has a malfuction (although i eliminated that). Those were basically it. So should i start with the Oxygen sensors, car is an '01 with 56k miles on it, and go from there?
I got all the codes from autozone when the fuse blew and the light came on, but it said the MAF, all the O2 sensors were malfuctioning etc. Thats why I figured if the fuse caused those codes even though there really isnt anything wrong with them. Bigger fuse no problem today anyway, the 20 blows right away. Basically thats why i was wondering about a diagnostic from the dealership if it would be anymore in depth, and if the service engine light had to be on or if it is say just a short somewhere could it be found by getting one?
get under neath the car like everyone is telling you and inspect for melted wires. obviously the wire is grounding out somewhere, a bigger fuse is band-aiding the problem.
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Yup, I bet you have an exposed (worn or melted) wire somewhere that is grounding out and blowing the fuse. Mine would do this after about 5 minutes of driving. One of the O2 wires was close to the header and was popping the fuse when it got hot. I tied the wire up out of the way and it has been fine ever since. It's amazing how many things are on one circuit.
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So after I looked under it and got a friend to as well didn't see anything obvious, far as a melted / exposed wire. Connections looked good as well. Should i take it in for a diagnostic, and if so which dealership around fort worth if thats the case?
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if thats the connection on the top right hand side of the tranny yes, looked at the left side as well. Everything looked good but I didn't take anything out... should i have? and can i test it if its that easy to just pull out?
