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Old Feb 1, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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Interior and hatch fuse keeps blowing

Hi guys, I'm having a problem with my 05 MCS and I hope that someone can help me with this issue.
My interior lights and the boot fuse keeps blowing, I recently added an extra power outlet and made all of the connections with the add a fuse put in to the wipers fuse, everything worked worked well, I was very happy since I have never done any electrical work before, an hour after I tested the power outlet my interior lights wouldn't come after changing the fuse they worked, today the fuse went out again and changed it again and again and that's when i knew that the hatch and the lights share the same fuse. I do have LED's interior lights and the glovebox as well but they have been working fine after swapping them around,and I had the water issue with the hatch the other day but that was solved for the moment ( until i wash the car again), once I change the fuse all the lights work and the hatch as well for one or two cicles then it dies again,I disconnected the new power outlet just in case,but just the add a fuse end not the ground wire. Tomorrow I will try replacing the LED's with the originals to see if that works although I was not having problems with them( after I re arrange them), I wonder if I touched something with the add a fuse terminal or worst.
Thanks to all that can chime in in advance. Thanks
 
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 12:22 PM
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So I bought a fuse circuit tester from Harbor freight and when I plug it in it shows 0.02 V or 0.03V, changing the fuse last for a couple of miles then it blows again or sometimes it just pops right away but not every time. The boot opens normal when the fuse is working, it doesn't have the bonk issue as before, the next thing I want to do is to take the boot latch out and clean the connectors and try to waterproof them to see if tha works.
I really don't want to go to the stealership for this issue, I was there on Friday and I need some stuff done and the quote I got wouldn't let me sleep that night.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks
 
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