This is a weird one. I took my wife's ZJ Outlander to the local dealer for a factory recall on the rear brakes. The dealer drove me home after I delivered the car to them. When they had finished the recall, they returned the car to our home (good service form this dealer). As the lady drove the car into the driveway, i noted that the headlights were on. We don't normally drive with the headlights on in bright clear daylight, but I thought that the lady must have turned them on.
When I went to put the car into the shed, I noted that the lights came on with the ignition switch. I went to turn them off, but the light switch in the steering column was already in the OFF position. I tried to see if high beam worked. It worked when I pulled the lever back towards me (headlight flasher) but they would not stay on.
I took the car straight back to the dealer and told them what was wrong. "Never had that problem before" was the predictable reply. Now, they had worked on the rear brakes - I saw them doing something there and it was all mechanical. Nothing to do with electrics in the front of the car. Anyway, they fixed it by pulling the travelling fuse (whatever that is) for 30 seconds and then put it back in. All good now. I cannot see how doing mechanical work on the rear of the car can have any effect on the headlights at the front. I don't know what else was or was not working, but the rest of the car seemed to work OK.
I got the mechanic to show me what he had done lest it happen to me again. He showed me that he had pulled a large yellow fuse (30A I think) from the centre of the underbonnet fuse box. I think it is a fusible link actually.
Questions:
1 What is a Travelling Fuse?
2 WHat do this do?
3 Has anyone here had a similar problem?
I would be interested to hear other's comments on this oddity.
When I went to put the car into the shed, I noted that the lights came on with the ignition switch. I went to turn them off, but the light switch in the steering column was already in the OFF position. I tried to see if high beam worked. It worked when I pulled the lever back towards me (headlight flasher) but they would not stay on.
I took the car straight back to the dealer and told them what was wrong. "Never had that problem before" was the predictable reply. Now, they had worked on the rear brakes - I saw them doing something there and it was all mechanical. Nothing to do with electrics in the front of the car. Anyway, they fixed it by pulling the travelling fuse (whatever that is) for 30 seconds and then put it back in. All good now. I cannot see how doing mechanical work on the rear of the car can have any effect on the headlights at the front. I don't know what else was or was not working, but the rest of the car seemed to work OK.
I got the mechanic to show me what he had done lest it happen to me again. He showed me that he had pulled a large yellow fuse (30A I think) from the centre of the underbonnet fuse box. I think it is a fusible link actually.
Questions:
1 What is a Travelling Fuse?
2 WHat do this do?
3 Has anyone here had a similar problem?
I would be interested to hear other's comments on this oddity.
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