in the attached image is a pic of the fuse box with a red arrow pointing the item in question. i just did the automatic on sport button mod. so the door has been open (and interior lights on) for about 30-45 minutes. i turned the car on, but not the engine, a couple of times to make sure everything is working. i buttoned everything back up. went in the house. came back out a couple of minutes later. opened the fuse panel cover and noticed that the fuse pointed to in the attached image was HOT.

is this normal? what is this fuse for? i unplugged my bussman fuse extender from slot 32 just in case. thanks for any help.

 

I can't tell for sure, but I think what your arrow is pointing to is a relay, not a fuse. If so, and it was on for 45 min, that could be why it's hot. What does your owner's manual say that's for?

 

after leaving the car sitting for about 30 minutes with the doors closed the fuse/relay that i mentioned is cool.

the owner's manual doesn't mention anything specific about the fuse panel, just where it is located. in this forum, there is a sticky with all the fuses listed, but not this one; just a label, IO1068. searching on google returned nothing.

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well, just went back to the car. opened the door. and pulled it out. it is a relay. label was RL2. it was warm to the touch (around the bottom, not the top) although the car has been sitting for about an hour. nothing appeared to happen when i pulled it out (lights still worked). when i plugged it back in, a whirring motor sound came from somewhere inside the middle of the dashboard and lasted for about 5-10 seconds.

 

I01068 is the Terminal 30G relay. It is normal for it to be fairly warm under normal circumstances where the car has been on or running for a long period of time I.E. more than 5-10 minutes.

See this thread for more information on Terminal 30G. Posts #1 and #2
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...not-fuses.html