ive had my car on the road for about a week now. suddenly my rear view mirror light, overhead light, power locks, and horn arent working. radio, power windows, headlights, dash lights, etc all seem to be working tho. are the devices that arent working all hooked up to one circuit that might've shorted out?

also, my car wouldnt start for a short period of time the other day, but started right up after sitting for several minutes. could this have anything to do with it?

 

Check the courtesy fuse.

 

what's that? sorry, i dont know much about wiring/circuitry

 

It's a fuse, in the fuse box under the dash.

 

is it that fuse under the center console? if so, what am i looking for? bad/falty wires?

 

look under your drivers side dash. if you are facing your steering wheel the fuse box will be on the left under there (you might have to pull a cover off to access it). all youre blade type fuses will be under there (you will see all the multi colored fuses in the fuse box). go to youre local hardware store (or in my case the local junkyard) and grab some fuses, its always good to have some extras on hand anyway. pull out each fuse one by one and check to see if they are blown. if they are blown the metal wire inside the actual fuse will be broken and not connecting anymore. check each fuse and replace any that are blown, go ahead and check them all in case others are blown too!

 

thanks man. ill check it out in the morning when i can see.