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VW Passat JAFA question

  • 01-05-2013 5:35pm
    #1
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭


    Probably bitten off more than I can chew trying to fix my old Passat. (petrol, 1.6l year 2000) The electric window on the passenger side doesn't work so I investigated, with the help of some web tutorials, the possibility of fixing it myself.

    Got the trim off, disconnected the cables (door, regulator and a little footlight) and put it all back together to prove that I could do that much.

    Then, when I took it all off a second time, I found that not only does the passenger electric window not work, neither does the driver one. Also the central locking now no longer works for the back doors (it will lock and open the two front doors but not the back two) Also the internal courtesy lights don't work. Neither does the electric sun roof.

    I think I must have buggered up something electrical. I did notice that the second time I was removing the fiddly little foot light in the bottom of the door, the light went out before I had disconnected the cable. It's a particularly fiddly connector, effectively needing to be levered off with a screwdriver and I think I might have shorted something there.

    I had a look at the fusebox but as a complete JAFA (just another..amateur) I don't know how to tell whether a fuse is blown or not.

    A dumb question for the technically competent among you but is there a foolproof way to determine whether a fuse has been blown? And failing that can anybody guess at what I may have done wrong?

    Many thanks

    JAFA


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  • #2
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,093 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    You should be able to see the 'blown' section in the middle of the fuse itself - effectively a gap in the metal. A torch and a magnifying glass might help.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    Sorted!

    Passenger window still needs fixing (steeling myself for that) but internal courtesy lights, central locking, driver window and sun roof all fixed by the replacement of a single blown fuse for the princely sum of 20c!

    Now that I know how to unplug a fuse and examine it for damage :)

    I guess some of you experts just don't believe how little some of us know :o


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