Do you need to change the fuse on a car radio?
Complete the above steps before removing the car radio. If you have a car radio that you installed or had installed after you purchased the car, the radio may have its own built-in fuse. If the radio does not work after replacing the fuse in the main fuse box, check the radio’s built-in fuse.
What happens when a car radio fuse is blown?
In the case of your car radio fuse, it is designed to sacrifice itself to prevent a dangerous amount of current from flowing through your car radio and the associated circuit. If your radio is dead due to a botched jump start or charge, and you’re lucky, then you may find that your car radio fuse is blown.
What causes a car radio to stop working?
A blown fuse is a common reason that car radios stop working. It is easy to replace a blown fuse for a car radio. Aftermarket car radios may have an additional fuse.
How do you replace a blown fuse on a car?
Take the blown fuse to an electronics store or a car-parts store. Ask a store employee to help locate a new fuse that will fit as a replacement. Be prepared to give information such as the car make and model. Push the new fuse into the empty slot in the fuse box, making sure that it is in the same direction as the other fuses.
In the case of your car radio fuse, it is designed to sacrifice itself to prevent a dangerous amount of current from flowing through your car radio and the associated circuit. If your radio is dead due to a botched jump start or charge, and you’re lucky, then you may find that your car radio fuse is blown.
Why does my car radio stop working after a jump start?
For instance, if your radio stopped working after a botched jump start, the radio—and other delicate electronics—could have been fried. If you’re lucky, it might just be a fuse, and if you’re not, then this will just have to serve as a lesson as to how important it is to hook up jumper cables and battery chargers correctly.
Why does my amplifier keep blowing a fuse?
You need to look for any bare wire while insulation and trim it back so that insulation could be done properly without causing continuous blowing of stereo fuses. In other common cases, the wire to the battery is grounding that blows a fuse due to a hot connection before ruining the amplifier.
What to do if your radio doesn’t have a security code?
If your radio doesn’t have a security code, and all the fusible links and fuses check out, you’ll have to do more diagnostic work to figure out what’s going on. Car radio codes are meant to act as a sort of passive anti-theft feature.