Could operating the power windows cause the dashboard gauge fuse to blow ? This is what seems to be happening , so I guess it is possible , but is this common ? How do I go about fixing it , and where could the problem lie ? The door panels were removed a year ago to reattach a broken off door mirror , and the problem seemed to happen after that, with the gauges stopping working. The car has been stored since then . Upon driving the car again, after I replaced the fuse , all was fine , but by the end of my journey I noticed that the fuse had blown again as the gauges were again no longer working . ABout half way through that journey, I operated both power windows at the same time , they were quite slow to raise up.
I read another post just there where the power windows were causing a circuit breaker to blow , and it got me thinking , could this be the same problem I've got, only it's causing my gauge fuse to blow ? I've had the car for 4 years now , and nothing like this has ever happened before.

Sorry if I'm rambling on here , and making little sense : tired after a 12 hour nightshift .... !!

hope someone can help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I don't know that the power windows can cause a guage fuse to blow. But I do know that the EGR solinoidand it's connector can and will cause a guage fuse to blow. Worth looking into, took me a couple of days to track it down when it happened to me.

~M~

 

cheers - will look into that , as that may well be the problem, and it sounds as though it probably is ! Will let you know what I find !!!! thanks !!!!!

 

There are several other things that run off of that fuse. The AIR divert solenoid, the AIR port solenoid, the TCC lockup solenoid, and a couple other things I'm forgetting at the moment.

[spooky]I see a lot of tracing in your future..[/spooky]