Hi Folks,

Thank heavens I found this forum. About a year ago I replaced the fog lights on my 89 Max SE. Upon doing so, I noticed that the fuse in charge of the fog lights were blowing out every now and then. Stupid me I decided to replace the 15 amp fuse with a 20 amp. Everything was fine for almost a year, until yesterday. While driving in the rain, my cabin was inundated with thick white smoke. I pulled over, shut the engine off, and the fuse responsible for the fog lights was melted. Result, the headlights are constanly on and the car refuses to start. Also the fuse responsible for the ingnition constantly blows out. To say that I might have a serious short circuit somewhere is an understatement. Nevertheless I was wondering, from your experience, what else could be wrong? How serious is the real problem? And what can I do to correct the problem?

Nestor

 

what kind of foglights did you replace them with? High wattage? Take it to an speciality shop that deals with auto electric. Look in the yellow pages for auto electric under auto repair section. Most regular shops don't touch electrical problem since it takes more brain to fix. Your local hillbilly can't do it. It's going to run your around $300 to fix that problem.

 

check your ecu.. might be shorted out a lil too.. better get it checked asap.