Fuse 20 Rear Window Shade keeps blowing out. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I read on another forum that it could be a short - I don't know how to find or locate one. Anyone have a suggestion?


I have headrests, pillar posts, and seats removed (most frustrating thing I've had to do all year) and now fuse is killing me slowly..


plz help.

 

ya gotta know how electricity works to find a short. Youtube has tons of videos that give you the basics.
Here's one:

 

Thank you for replying. I have the shade working again just putting everything back together. Was not a short after all but watched the video anyway lol, have a feeling I will need to know more sooner or later

 

So...... What was the problem?

 

Problem:
Rear window shade died while deployed so I couldnt really see anything at night via rear view. I checked the fuse and it was ok, so as others have mentioned, I noticed the shaft coming out of the backside of the motor (approx 3/4inch) but couldnt get it to retract. I removed the rear seats, headrests, & pillar posts in order to remove shade and see about fixing it. After messing with the shade (mostly the tension) and cutting a washer into a C shape so that the shaft wouldnt get stuck when deployed I am pretty certian I finally had working but after so much disassembly etc I broke off one of the motor posts. I did what I could to make a solid connection and checked for continuity and seemed ok but when i hooked it up and turn the car on battery had drained to the point of no convenience functions avaliable. so at that point i was over trying to salvage my original shade and found a super deal on ebay for OEM shade ($79 free shipping). That was 7 days ago. So last night before i plugged in the ebay shade, I plugged in my original shade just to see if it worked: no success. I checked the fuse, it was blown. So i figuered maybe I overlooked it or when battery drained fuse went out or something so I replaced it. I tried my original shade once more = no good then totally confident that the ebay shade was good i plug it in and nothing so I check fuse again and its blown so I panic and then someone mentions a short, I panic and asked for help.

My original shade was blowing the fuse every time I tried to get it going, since a week had passed in between breaking the post and ebay shipment, I forgot I had tried to wire it using pseudo science. all i could think at moment was 3 blown fuses in total wth.

If anyone is looking to get a used rear window shade on ebay in working condition I bought mine from daddysautoparts2 for $79, every one else had them for +$225

 

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