Been having some trouble with my car the ABS light stays on, i am really crossing my fingers that its the car battery as it didn't start at all, Before the battery failed i looked at the blade fuse for the ABS seemed ok, but some of the fuses are upside down, Just wondering why some are different way round. At a guess it wouldn't matter which way you put it in as its just a fuse so it just needs a current.
Blade fuses is there a certain way they have to go in?
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Just looked at what i wrote stupid me no of course its Metal down, I didn't mean to say it was upside down, when looking at the fuses some are backwards so some 10 amp fuses show 10 others 01. easier way to ask do they have a negative and positive side.
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It only matters if you're the sort of person who's bothered by things like that. The car couldn't give a monkey's.
Both sides are positive. They can go either way round
, One thing I'm struggling with is how do you get these fuses out the ones on the left hand side. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIA-CEED...DER-BONNET-FUSE-BOX-91950-1H040-/292279228285
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Grab hold and pull. If necessary use a pair of pliers or some other suitable tool.
There's often a plastic tool clipped to the underside of the fuse box lid that'll help with some of them.
There's often a plastic tool clipped to the underside of the fuse box lid that'll help with some of them.
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I take it you dont know that a fuse is just basically a piece of wire thats made to handle a certain amount of current before it blows, to protect whatever circuit from getting fried?
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But how do the electrons know which way to go? /s
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Those fuses should look like this
they will be tight.
Have you checked the car's handbook?
they will be tight.
Have you checked the car's handbook?
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Do have access to an OBD reader? They aren't expensive and will tell you what error codes the car is showing.
If you don't want to buy your own any garage will have one.
It's a more effective way of fault finding than pulling fuses.
If you don't want to buy your own any garage will have one.
It's a more effective way of fault finding than pulling fuses.
I don't have one but will be getting my brake pads done soon so i get it looked at then. If you pull the fuse for the ABS should the light still be on the dashboard ?
As my battery wouldn't start the car yesterday i thought the ABS light came on because of low voltage, but its fully charged now and the light is till on.
As my battery wouldn't start the car yesterday i thought the ABS light came on because of low voltage, but its fully charged now and the light is till on.
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Personally I'd be getting an undiagnosed ABS fault checked sooner rather than later.
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If working on a problem I often put a fuse back in upside down as a reminder for where it goes to save having to look it up on the little chart inside the fusebox cover.
If the brakes haven't been bled for a long time the abs sensor may have been fouled by dirty fluid. Also when changing the pads and depressing the piston dirty fluid can foul the sensor so it's good practice to clamp the line and bleed off the dirty fluid.
As mentioned above best bet is to get connected via Obd2 and make absolutely sure whats wrong before forking out on expensive parts.
If the brakes haven't been bled for a long time the abs sensor may have been fouled by dirty fluid. Also when changing the pads and depressing the piston dirty fluid can foul the sensor so it's good practice to clamp the line and bleed off the dirty fluid.
As mentioned above best bet is to get connected via Obd2 and make absolutely sure whats wrong before forking out on expensive parts.
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You have my interest, please explain.
How can you put in upside down? it wouldn't fit.
I charged my battery up started the car and the abs light was still on, went for a drive light still on, but this morning i started the car the abs light still stayed on but 5 seconds of driving and the ABS went out and has been fine so far. I did manage to take out the ABS1 and ABS2 cartridge fuse with pliers, i used more force.
Monday i am going to take it to the garage just to see what fault was logged in, I'm guessing it could be the ABS sensor.
I would be disconnecting battery before touching abs fuses, and at a minimum not have key beyond pos 0, otherwise could end up with events logged -
I always disconnect battery before touching air bag/seat tensioner systems