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Old 06-12-2012, 10:51 AM
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blown FWD fuse on AWD

My wife was driving her newly purchased 95 AWD SVX and the horn started to blow by itself and after a few minutes the horn died. I started to look for the fuse and I looked in the fuse box under the hood. I didn't find the fuse but I noticed that there was a burnt out (melted) fuse in the FWD slot. I thought that the FWD fuse was only to be inserted in special circumstance like using the donut spare. Should I leave the burnt fuse in the slot or just remove it. I stopped looking for the horn fuse because it started to rain again but any idea why the horn started blowing?
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:17 AM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

remove it................
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:50 AM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

That's what I thought. Don't know why it was there in the first place. Thanks.
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:57 AM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

Hopefully the FWD fuse wasn't put in there by the previous owner to disguise a problem with the AWD.

How long has your wife had the car?


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Old 06-12-2012, 02:50 PM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

Are you sure that's a melted fuse in that slot? I once thought the same thing and my heart sank until a close examination showed the fuse slot was actually filled with a reddish grease; probably from the factory.

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Old 06-12-2012, 04:35 PM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

She's had the car since April 2012. It only had about 53,000 miles. I had a forum member do a CARFAX and things seemed ligit. The car is running perfect except for the horn going off (Still need to follow up on that). It's not grease since I can see the red plastic melted between the two prongs. I'll have to get to removing it when the rains stops tomorrow.
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Old 06-12-2012, 04:37 PM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

ive got that red goop on mine too. i thought the thing was FRIED when I bought her!
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Old 06-18-2012, 08:34 PM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

When I finally got to working on the "blown fuse", it wasn't a fuse at all. It was that red goop. What is that stuff and why is it in the fuse slot? If installed at the factory, Why?
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Old 06-18-2012, 08:54 PM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

Likely to stop corrosion in the rarely used socket.
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Old 06-18-2012, 08:58 PM
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Re: blown FWD fuse on AWD

That makes sense. Thanks.
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