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40A fuse - where to get besides Chrysler/Jeep?
Hi Everyone,
After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 Wrangler SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo didn't work because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big deal... When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at 1pm - fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize that I have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering if he added one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, I went to check and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get the head lights working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I didn't need (ext lights is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 minute drive to Autozone, I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my wife tap on the brakes just for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a choice of head lights or brake lights - luckily there was some light left for the day, so I got home fine opting for brake lights... Picked up a 40A female fuse at Autozone, but turned out it was too big. Grr... Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and I should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed everything would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays around here and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and brakelights... Are there any places that sell these smaller/specialized type fuse, or is it just made for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know why fuses would be removed in the first place while the Jeeps are waiting for a new owner? Thanks for any help, Scott in NH |
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Is this a very small plastic (orange)fuse with 2 spade terminals? You aid
you picked up a female fuse so I am wondering what kind of fuse you have. "Scott Nagle" > wrote in message ... > Hi Everyone, > After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 > Wrangler SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo > didn't work because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big > deal... > > When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked > fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did > something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at > 1pm - fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize > that I have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering if > he added one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, I > went to check and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get the > head lights working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I didn't > need (ext lights is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 minute > drive to Autozone, I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my wife tap > on the brakes just for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a choice of > head lights or brake lights - luckily there was some light left for the > day, so I got home fine opting for brake lights... Picked up a 40A female > fuse at Autozone, but turned out it was too big. Grr... > > Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and I > should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed everything > would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays around here > and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and brakelights... Are there > any places that sell these smaller/specialized type fuse, or is it just > made for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know why fuses would be > removed in the first place while the Jeeps are waiting for a new owner? > > Thanks for any help, > Scott in NH > |
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it used to be that a dealer had a tech do a new car prep inspetion of all the
new cars that came in and we would get paid 1hr plus to check everything on the vehicle including a drive now dealers employ 20 year old kids that do the preps and pay them 7 dollars a hour( d.c seems to allow this) and they give less that a **** if they even add washer solvent to them let alone plug in your iod fuse Scott Nagle wrote: > Hi Everyone, > After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 Wrangler > SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo didn't work > because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big deal... > > When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked > fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did > something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at 1pm - > fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize that I > have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering if he added > one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, I went to check > and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get the head lights > working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I didn't need (ext lights > is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 minute drive to Autozone, > I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my wife tap on the brakes just > for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a choice of head lights or brake > lights - luckily there was some light left for the day, so I got home fine > opting for brake lights... Picked up a 40A female fuse at Autozone, but > turned out it was too big. Grr... > > Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and I > should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed everything > would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays around here > and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and brakelights... Are there > any places that sell these smaller/specialized type fuse, or is it just made > for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know why fuses would be removed in > the first place while the Jeeps are waiting for a new owner? > > Thanks for any help, > Scott in NH |
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I've seen them at Autozone autoparts. Are you talking about the BIG or
little ones? I just checked and they have listings for all the fuses on my 96. They don't list brakelight seperatly but do list the radio. Go to www.autozone.com then fill in the info for your jeep and then drill down through the catagories to electrical/fusesand then pick what you want. They even list stores near you by zip code and tell you if they have it in store. Advanced auto has the same thing. JoBo "Scott Nagle" > wrote in message ... > Hi Everyone, > After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 > Wrangler SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo > didn't work because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big > deal... > > When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked > fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did > something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at > 1pm - fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize > that I have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering if > he added one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, I > went to check and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get the > head lights working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I didn't > need (ext lights is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 minute > drive to Autozone, I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my wife tap > on the brakes just for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a choice of > head lights or brake lights - luckily there was some light left for the > day, so I got home fine opting for brake lights... Picked up a 40A female > fuse at Autozone, but turned out it was too big. Grr... > > Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and I > should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed everything > would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays around here > and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and brakelights... Are there > any places that sell these smaller/specialized type fuse, or is it just > made for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know why fuses would be > removed in the first place while the Jeeps are waiting for a new owner? > > Thanks for any help, > Scott in NH > |
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Supposedly they're 'micro' fuses or cartridges... The one I picked up at
autozone was a larger rectangular one, double the size I need than this 40a is a square one, probably 1/3" wide all around... I've never seen fuses like this before and the manual says you have to get them at Chrysler, but it also says you have to get oil there, too Not sure if all Wranglers had two fuses panels, but this is the larger one under the hood vs the one in the glove box... "Jo Bo" > wrote in message ... > I've seen them at Autozone autoparts. Are you talking about the BIG or > little ones? I just checked and they have listings for all the fuses on my > 96. They don't list brakelight seperatly but do list the radio. Go to > www.autozone.com then fill in the info for your jeep and then drill down > through the catagories to electrical/fusesand then pick what you want. > They even list stores near you by zip code and tell you if they have it in > store. Advanced auto has the same thing. > > JoBo > > "Scott Nagle" > wrote in message > ... >> Hi Everyone, >> After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 >> Wrangler SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo >> didn't work because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big >> deal... >> >> When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked >> fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did >> something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at >> 1pm - fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize >> that I have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering >> if he added one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, >> I went to check and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get >> the head lights working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I >> didn't need (ext lights is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 >> minute drive to Autozone, I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my >> wife tap on the brakes just for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a >> choice of head lights or brake lights - luckily there was some light left >> for the day, so I got home fine opting for brake lights... Picked up a >> 40A female fuse at Autozone, but turned out it was too big. Grr... >> >> Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and >> I should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed >> everything would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays >> around here and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and >> brakelights... Are there any places that sell these smaller/specialized >> type fuse, or is it just made for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know >> why fuses would be removed in the first place while the Jeeps are waiting >> for a new owner? >> >> Thanks for any help, >> Scott in NH >> > > |
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Scott Nagle wrote: > Hi Everyone, > After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 Wrangler > SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo didn't work > because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big deal... > > When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked > fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did > something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at 1pm - > fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize that I > have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering if he added > one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, I went to check > and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get the head lights > working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I didn't need (ext lights > is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 minute drive to Autozone, > I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my wife tap on the brakes just > for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a choice of head lights or brake > lights - luckily there was some light left for the day, so I got home fine > opting for brake lights... Picked up a 40A female fuse at Autozone, but > turned out it was too big. Grr... > > Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and I > should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed everything > would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays around here > and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and brakelights... Are there > any places that sell these smaller/specialized type fuse, or is it just made > for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know why fuses would be removed in > the first place while the Jeeps are waiting for a new owner? > > Thanks for any help, > Scott in NH Scott, CarQuest has them . . . Tom T |
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Thanks, there's one not too far from here!
Scott > Scott, CarQuest has them . . . > Tom T > |
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Scott Nagle wrote:
> Thanks, there's one not too far from here! > > Scott > >> Scott, CarQuest has them . . . >> Tom T >> > > > In all seriousness, just about ALL auto parts stores have those fuses. In some, you may have to ask for them at the counter. This is often true for underhood versions. Not sure which one you need? Bring another, possibly of a different amp value, for a size check. Better stores can and will look the item up for you. Most, if not all, fuses are stock items, not limited to a specific vehicle brand. Think bulbs! <G> Barry |
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when I bought my f150 supercrew used from a ford dealer, I took it to
another(Chevy) dealer for another "Initial" check. The ford dealer overlooked that the third brake light was burned out. Chevy got a kick out of nailing ford on this.... Just an idea for others upon purchasing..... It is illegal for a dealer or anyone else to sell a vehicle if the headlights or brake lights don't work though...fuse or no fuse..... Robb 89' YJ Soon to have 35's -- Message posted via http://www.carkb.com |
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Robb S via CarKB.com wrote:
>It is illegal for a dealer or anyone else to sell a vehicle if the > headlights or brake lights don't work though...fuse or no fuse..... > Robb That's gotta be a state thing. Here in CT, you can sell a vehicle in any condition. How is a vehicle sold in your state with damage? What state is it? Barry |
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