HELP, Anyone seen fuses like this????

[DDSC 10+ year member]

Ok im driving the other day and my windows stop working, then they start working again, then stop. this goes on for a day or 2 and then today they just stoped working period. So I go check the fuse since they stoped working all together and this is what I found for the window fuse. I have never seen a fuse like this, theres no window at all to see a filiment. Its a 20A, 14.5v fuse if anyone cant see it in the picture

Another important thing, it has a metal case and when I went to take the fuse out it burnt the sht outta me:furious:, it was hot enough that when I licked my finger and touched it the sum***** sizzled there was another one just like it and it wasnt hot so Im assuming my problem starts here

So my question is, Is the fuse bad or is it my car, is there a way to test the fuse with my DMM and should any basic hardware/automotive store carry them

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[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

thats a circuit breaker, hence why they would work and then stop and then work again, might have been getting hot then shutting off, the gm part# is stamped right on it

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

exactly what he said^

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

thats a circuit breaker, hence why they would work and then stop and then work again, might have been getting hot then shutting off, the gm part# is stamped right on it

thanks for fast response, any idea why it would be getting hot like that, it was working if I cut the car off and back on, then it worked once when I turned the radio off and back on, but today it never worked once. I dunno what the price on these things is but I wanna know why it went out so I dont end up buying more than I need to.

Plus Im not resting to easy, I keep going to the window to make sure theres no smoke coming from my car, also I take it that its ok to run the car without this in right???

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

yea you can tun it without it, it just wont work, could be another problem that made it go bad, or the breaker itself, hard to say

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

also I was putting some tranny fluid in my car and I didnt have a funnel so I spilt ALOT on the the engine the same day it started acting funny, might it had melted a wire or something cause it was on the back side of the engine by the fire wall

 

[fatboyracing 10+ year member]

that is a realay I think and it could be getting hot due to the contacts sticking

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

anyone know what company makes these, Im scared to call dealerships asking for parts

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

any gm dealership

 

[bumpincrv 10+ year member]

I work at a GM dealership and most of the time we do not see a relay just go bad and sense it was getting hot and turning on and off i would say that there is a short or a wire problem. once a rellay gets to the point of over amperage it releases the contacts so they are not touching once it cools down it will make contact again hence why it was so hot

1. replace relay

2. make sure none of the wires either entering the fuse block or through the firewall to the doors is cut or looks damaged

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

well I guess I gotta call the dealership tommarow, does anyone think this thing is worth the money for a .6v increase, and if my voltage normaly sits at 13.8(reading on the radio, Pioneer dunno if its close) with nothing on would you advise getting the stage 2 one

http://www.zzperformance.com/grand_prix/products1.php?id=517&catid=107

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

bump 4 question above^^^^^

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

For $18, why not give it a try.

 

[lilcarus 10+ year member]

you can buy those at any auto parts store man its not a dealer item...it should be like 4 bucks