Fuse Pops every time....
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Fuse Pops every time....
This seems to be a somewhat common problem, at least from what I can tell reading through different forums.
I drive a 1995 Dodge Stratus ES 2.5 Litre V6. It has 118k on it and runs great. The other day, I got home from work, parked it and went inside. When I came out the next day to start it.....Nothing......
I opened the hood and figured out it was only a fuse, #8 starter/ignition yadda yadda. I was glad it was something so simple, I just threw a new fuse in. Of course when I went to start it, it blew that fuse as well. I pulled my dash apart so I could try to follow the wires that came from my ignition switch and as far as I could see, no bare wires were around touching anything.
Next, I jacked the car up, disconnected, cleaned and reconnected the ground on the starter, thinking maybe it was just too corroded. That did nothing for me except waste time. Of all the times I've seen this same type of question here and on faqfarm.com I'm sure somebody has figured out how to solve this problem (without putting in a higher amperage fuse)
Where could this short be?
Would simply replacing the starter solve it?
Solenoid?
What did you have to do to get yours fixed??
Please help, as I don't prefferably want to take it to Dodge where they charge 100 bucks just to run a diagnostic.
Thanks a lot
I drive a 1995 Dodge Stratus ES 2.5 Litre V6. It has 118k on it and runs great. The other day, I got home from work, parked it and went inside. When I came out the next day to start it.....Nothing......
I opened the hood and figured out it was only a fuse, #8 starter/ignition yadda yadda. I was glad it was something so simple, I just threw a new fuse in. Of course when I went to start it, it blew that fuse as well. I pulled my dash apart so I could try to follow the wires that came from my ignition switch and as far as I could see, no bare wires were around touching anything.
Next, I jacked the car up, disconnected, cleaned and reconnected the ground on the starter, thinking maybe it was just too corroded. That did nothing for me except waste time. Of all the times I've seen this same type of question here and on faqfarm.com I'm sure somebody has figured out how to solve this problem (without putting in a higher amperage fuse)
Where could this short be?
Would simply replacing the starter solve it?
Solenoid?
What did you have to do to get yours fixed??
Please help, as I don't prefferably want to take it to Dodge where they charge 100 bucks just to run a diagnostic.
Thanks a lot
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RE: Fuse Pops every time....
In response to my own question....
After $150.00 at the auto shop, the problem turned out to be the starter itself. The mech said something about a possible recall or something along those lines, so if you are having the same issue, I would check into that first.
If not, it is fairly easy to change the starter, You'll probably end up doing an oil change as well since you have to remove the oil filter anyway to access the starter, but I think it's only like 3 bolts you need to remove to get it off. I got mine rebuilt for 76 bucks, I don't know if that was cheap or expensive, but I was desperate for transportation.
Anyway, just thought I'd put that out there.
After $150.00 at the auto shop, the problem turned out to be the starter itself. The mech said something about a possible recall or something along those lines, so if you are having the same issue, I would check into that first.
If not, it is fairly easy to change the starter, You'll probably end up doing an oil change as well since you have to remove the oil filter anyway to access the starter, but I think it's only like 3 bolts you need to remove to get it off. I got mine rebuilt for 76 bucks, I don't know if that was cheap or expensive, but I was desperate for transportation.
Anyway, just thought I'd put that out there.
