ok, my car is blowing the ACC fuse.... it blows it:

1. When the drivers side door is open when I put the fuse in it works, then when I close the drivers side door it imediately blows

2. If the passenger side door is open it blows it as soon as I put it in there.

3. It used to blow it when I would try to run my cell phone off of the cigarette lighter... (havn't gotten that far lately)

Is there like a common problem that causes this???
anyone recognize these symptoms???

 

sounds like you have an intermittent short to ground.

acc fuse feeds interior lights, power door lock switches, and cigarette lighter. pay close attention to the orange wire that runs to these accessories.

 

yeah
thats what I was afraid of...
I was really hoping someone would tell me that the switches in the doors seem to cause problems often... or something definate like that...
I guess its back to huntin for tha short
oh boy

thanks

 

are there any places that you can think of that might be more prone to cause a short???
somewhere to start looking?

thanks

 

was any electrical work of any kind performed on the car recently ?

 

i bought the car in dec... so since then, no
other than installing a cd player (i done it)

but not since dec i know, other than that I can't say

 

Unhook your cigarette lighter! I bet 100 bucks that its rusty and it is causing your acc fuse to blow. I've heard of this happening on NUMEROUS Thirdgens, so its definately worth checking out on your car.

 

ooooh
yes
now this is what i'm looking for
thank you so much....

i think i'll do that this evening
thanks

 

forgot to mention that the orange wire in the courtesy circuit also feeds the memory backup on the radio.

 

i would check the wiring into the cd player, maybe it's rubbing somewhere to ground, then check the cigarette lighter, ck the wiring by the console, sometimes when u take the shift plate off with the cigarrette lighter, the orange wire going to the cigarette lighter socket rubs through or gets bent onto the ground tab......

 

ok, thanks fellas....

I'll try that real soon and get back to you.
things have been so hectic lately I don't know whether to scratch my watch or wind my a$$.... hahaha

thanks for the help
if you have any more ideas, they are appreciated

 

check for a pennie or some other metal object inside the cigarete lighter.