I bought the truck almost 2 years ago and since then fuse #13 has blown 6 times. This causes me to lose the delay wipers, interior light, power door locks, and radio controls on the steering wheel. It does not happen on a consistent basis. It may be a month apart or it may be 7 months apart. Have taken it to the dealer 3 times now and they keep it for about a week and say they can not find any problem. Does anyone else have this problem or any solution? Currently keeping a box of new fuses in the truck.
Thanks

 

I would suspect you have a short in your steering column somewhere. I would try to keep a log of when the fuse blows and write down exactly what you were doing at the time. Then try to recreate it again. This will help you to narrow down the problem area. Other wise I would start looking at the wires in the column and see if any are lose, disconnected, bare, rubbing, pierced by a screw or plastic...

Sorry I can't be more help.. Maybe one of the more experianced experts will chime in.

 

Could be hard to pinpoint where short is, but most likely in steering column. Have you had clockspring recall done? This can be the source of a lot of problems. Call dealer and give him your vin# to check if it is required on your truck. If it is, that will probably solve your problem. If not check all spots that hekroh mentioned anyway.

When it is an intermittent short like you describe, it can be from anyone of those circuits mentioned. I'm sure you are using the correct rated fuse when you replaced them , if not put in proper rated size fuse. Do all these circuits work all the time? Try each one a few times to see if you can make it blow again, then 2 circuits at once switching. If it blows then you've isolated problem, and will be easier to pinpoint location.

 

As others have mentioned, intermittent problems are tough. Here is one suggestion. When I had my auto electric shop, and this type problem plagued my customers, and I could not find anything wrong at the time, I would install a circuit breaker, (usually 5 amps lighter than the stock fuse) into the offending circuit. With a quick short, the circuit breaker would usually not trip, and if it did, would come right back on as soon as the short went away. Also, I told them to bring the car back, if the breaker was clicking on and off constantly, and then I could find the short. It saves fuses, and may keep the problem from happening at all, until the short shows itself. The breaker fits into the fuse holder, no rigging involved. Remember, 5 amps lower rating. Good luck