Wire plugged into radio fuse
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:25 pm
Hello,
First time poster here.
I've got a 1999 bongo bought last august.
Its had a long running problem where it has struggled to start in the cold and the wet but you could get it going with a bit of determination. Garages have suggested this could be the glow plugs and i've booked it into a specialised bongo garage for service etc in a couple of weeks. Recently the glow plug light has been flashing even when the car has been running and this has coincided with a lack of power to the radio and cigarette lighter so I needed to take to a local garage to have a look at it the mean time. They found that a red wire had been jammed into the fuse slot for the radio/cigarette lighter- they removed this and put a fuse back in and now the radio/cigarette lighter is working and also the glow plug light is no longer flashing (they haven't replaced the glow plugs because they didnt have a diagnostic tool on hand that they are going to bring when i next take it after the weekend).
They said to keep an eye for things that might not be working anymore to see what the red wire might have been doing. I've tried all the basic things that all seem to be working, lights, emergency lights, indicators, electric windows, central locking, electric blinds, roof, electric wind mirrors, but everything seems to be working. The fridge has been dodgey since we've had it and I think the leisure battery is dead (it was pretty dead when we got it and i've got a replacement but havent installed it yet - were going to get the bongo specialists to do that) so its difficult to know if its effected the fridge.
Any other ideas of what it could be - are there any common reasons that bongo owners plug wires into fuse slots? Just to say i'm not mechanically or electrically minded at all!
thanks,
jna203
First time poster here.
I've got a 1999 bongo bought last august.
Its had a long running problem where it has struggled to start in the cold and the wet but you could get it going with a bit of determination. Garages have suggested this could be the glow plugs and i've booked it into a specialised bongo garage for service etc in a couple of weeks. Recently the glow plug light has been flashing even when the car has been running and this has coincided with a lack of power to the radio and cigarette lighter so I needed to take to a local garage to have a look at it the mean time. They found that a red wire had been jammed into the fuse slot for the radio/cigarette lighter- they removed this and put a fuse back in and now the radio/cigarette lighter is working and also the glow plug light is no longer flashing (they haven't replaced the glow plugs because they didnt have a diagnostic tool on hand that they are going to bring when i next take it after the weekend).
They said to keep an eye for things that might not be working anymore to see what the red wire might have been doing. I've tried all the basic things that all seem to be working, lights, emergency lights, indicators, electric windows, central locking, electric blinds, roof, electric wind mirrors, but everything seems to be working. The fridge has been dodgey since we've had it and I think the leisure battery is dead (it was pretty dead when we got it and i've got a replacement but havent installed it yet - were going to get the bongo specialists to do that) so its difficult to know if its effected the fridge.
Any other ideas of what it could be - are there any common reasons that bongo owners plug wires into fuse slots? Just to say i'm not mechanically or electrically minded at all!
thanks,
jna203