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jhattie · Joined: 29 Jul 2013 Posts: 40 Location: Yarmouth NS Canada

Anyone ever have this?
I keep blowing the fuse in #7 on the main box, the radio/interior lights. I have NO radio installed at all and all lights removed yet it pops every time.

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82 924
04 Avant Ultra Sport Wagon 1.8T
07 Rabbit
lot of Jetta's

!tom · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:41 pm Post subject:

Probably a wire that used to go to the radio is improperly terminated, so it's probably shorting to chassis/ground.

Why put in a fuse on a circuit that isn't needed?
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78 924 NA
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jhattie · Joined: 29 Jul 2013 Posts: 40 Location: Yarmouth NS Canada

it also controls the dome and glove box lights
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82 924
04 Avant Ultra Sport Wagon 1.8T
07 Rabbit
lot of Jetta's

Fasteddie313 · Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2595 Location: MI

yeah make sure the main and aux power for your radio aren't just dangling around back there shorting on something...

power antenna wires in my car come from there too so if you have that fuseable link open it may be shorting too...

dome and glovebox lights are easy to pull out, make sure there contacts aren't bent together or touching anything conductive other than what there supposed to touch..
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jhattie · Joined: 29 Jul 2013 Posts: 40 Location: Yarmouth NS Canada

Found it!!! was the light in the hatch, it was grounding off the body.. Now to find the rest of the Gremlins
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82 924
04 Avant Ultra Sport Wagon 1.8T
07 Rabbit
lot of Jetta's