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Electrical Fire
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george.george
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Good advice really, unplug anything you can easily lay your hands on
Might be worth getting one of those circuit-breaker fuses from Maplins (about £6 IIRC) so you don't waste a ton of fuses
Climate display in my Toledo stopped working and it was a short on the wire burried somewhere behind the dash
Auto-electrician who diagnosed it just fed a new supply to the screen and by-passed the short. Don't know if there's a hole the loom is routed through, or someone had just been tampering with mine in the past - these sorts of faults seem few and far between.
Might be worth getting one of those circuit-breaker fuses from Maplins (about £6 IIRC) so you don't waste a ton of fuses
Climate display in my Toledo stopped working and it was a short on the wire burried somewhere behind the dash
Auto-electrician who diagnosed it just fed a new supply to the screen and by-passed the short. Don't know if there's a hole the loom is routed through, or someone had just been tampering with mine in the past - these sorts of faults seem few and far between.
Had a problem with the leon for the past month or so... fuse 14 kept blowing, found the culprit was the interior light so i took the bulbs out with the intention of getting it looked at when i had some spare cash.
Just before christmas the engine management light came on so i took it to the garage... they had to book me in after new year because there was no power to the socket for the diagnostic.
i was shocked to find out that there had been an actual electrical fire inside the car and i was oblivious!
the wires on the interior light had over-heated and burned the wires away right down to behind the dash... so i've had to have the whole thing rewired
has anyone else had this? a bloke at the garage had a passat go up in flames last year, and i know someone with an Audi that set on fire too
Just before christmas the engine management light came on so i took it to the garage... they had to book me in after new year because there was no power to the socket for the diagnostic.
i was shocked to find out that there had been an actual electrical fire inside the car and i was oblivious!
the wires on the interior light had over-heated and burned the wires away right down to behind the dash... so i've had to have the whole thing rewired
has anyone else had this? a bloke at the garage had a passat go up in flames last year, and i know someone with an Audi that set on fire too
Your fire is a good example of why you shouldn't replace a blown fuse with one of a higher rating.......
Had a problem with the leon for the past month or so... fuse 14 kept blowing, found the culprit was the interior light so i took the bulbs out with the intention of getting it looked at when i had some spare cash.
Just before christmas the engine management light came on so i took it to the garage... they had to book me in after new year because there was no power to the socket for the diagnostic.
i was shocked to find out that there had been an actual electrical fire inside the car and i was oblivious!
the wires on the interior light had over-heated and burned the wires away right down to behind the dash... so i've had to have the whole thing rewired
has anyone else had this? a bloke at the garage had a passat go up in flames last year, and i know someone with an Audi that set on fire too
***, hope it gets sorted. Through the insurance or cash job?.
How much does a rewire cost?
Had a problem with the leon for the past month or so... fuse 14 kept blowing, found the culprit was the interior light so i took the bulbs out with the intention of getting it looked at when i had some spare cash.
Just before christmas the engine management light came on so i took it to the garage... they had to book me in after new year because there was no power to the socket for the diagnostic.
i was shocked to find out that there had been an actual electrical fire inside the car and i was oblivious!
the wires on the interior light had over-heated and burned the wires away right down to behind the dash... so i've had to have the whole thing rewired
has anyone else had this? a bloke at the garage had a passat go up in flames last year, and i know someone with an Audi that set on fire too
***, hope it gets sorted. Through the insurance or cash job?.
How much does a rewire cost?
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