2015 rear camera fuse keeps blowing? Anyone know where common shorts are?

Genecpu said:

Did a ground come lose somewhere? That can cause current to flow weird to find the ground.

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Ya, this sounds a lot like a bad ground. Have you checked your battery cables? Also, how old is your 12V battery? A bad battery has been known to cause a myriad of problems.

Car is less than 2 years old...

Car is used 5-6 times a week. I dont think the 12v should be bad as of yet.

I tried to remove the driver visor. Once it was free from te headliner, there was no plug at the end... how long is this harness??? anyone know wher to fin detail drawings of this?

I would suspect it is the visor, I move it everyday, 3- 4 times a day.. ( I drive 85 miles each day)

what is also weird are that my rear cargo light and the dome light still work too. AM i reading this right , that they are all on the same circuit...

anyone know wher G202 ground is located?

Genecpu said:

The sun visor lights are both connected to the same F7DR fuse.

Did a ground come lose somewhere? That can cause current to flow weird to find the ground.

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cueballsi said:

Car is less than 2 years old...

Car is used 5-6 times a week. I dont think the 12v should be bad as of yet.

I tried to remove the driver visor. Once it was free from te headliner, there was no plug at the end... how long is this harness??? anyone know wher to fin detail drawings of this?

I would suspect it is the visor, I move it everyday, 3- 4 times a day.. ( I drive 85 miles each day)

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I wouldn't completely rule out the battery. There were a few instances of bad batteries that only lasted a year or so.

Try putting the car in Reverse, and moving the visor back and forth repeatedly. If the camera cuts out while you are doing that, then you may have found the issue.

emartin00 said:

I wouldn't completely rule out the battery. There were a few instances of bad batteries that only lasted a year or so.

Try putting the car in Reverse, and moving the visor back and forth repeatedly. If the camera cuts out while you are doing that, then you may have found the issue.

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I'ii check it.... is it the traditional 12.3v + good batt ????

cueballsi said:

anyone know wher G202 ground is located?

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In the passenger compartment, behind the right side of the instrument panel, above the glove box, on the instrument panel support

For now, to help you out, put a circuit breaker fuse in. I had a mustang that liked to short out the power to the AC. When it blew the AC compressor wouldn't work. I changed every part I could find, traced wires, couldn't figure it out. It wouldn't immediately blow the fuse either, sometimes weeks would go by. So I picked up a circuit breaker fuse, it would trip, the car would blow hot air and a few seconds later it would reconnect and I would have AC again. Get one rated for the same 7.5amps you have though so you don't cause a fire.

They have manual ones: https://powerwerx.com/resettable-atc-blade-circuit-breakers?gclid=CMezyLL_79MCFU5ffgodnuQEhg

and the one I had was automatic: https://www.delcity.net/store/Maxi-...p_kw=&mp_mt=&gclid=CM3xqsb_79MCFYJYfgod-t4IuA

Your local auto supply store should have them - I just googled and pasted the first links I found... IIRC, I got mine at Discount Auto Parts which is now AutoZone.

So everyone knows, I found the problem. it was the visor. Thank you for the reply of one of the members that said that was the problem for them.

Had to remove the visor and the ! pillar trip to unplug in. Now no more uses blowing

Hopefully another member will post the proper procedure so you can access the plug. Until then, be careful. I believe there is a side curtain air bag inside the A pillar, so I would not go randomly poking around in there. I think I would just cut the wire as short as possible and hope that removes the trouble spot.

Update I used the instructions/diagram in the tweeter upgrade thread


to take off the drivers side A-pillar cover, but did not find the sun visor wiring underneath - just the tweeter and the tiedown for the curtain airbag

I'm guessing the sun visor wiring goes to the roof center onstar/dome light console??

thanks

wramzoic said:

Ok, decided to just cut the driver's side sun visor wire to eliminate the short - FIXED:
back up camera,
daytime passenger running light
back up lights,
map lights

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I just won't have a visor light - no big deal considering what I gained back

thanks!

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You are awesome. Traced this issue for weeks! Finally found this post and got some confidence to cut those wires. Fixed all my issues.
Thanks!

Yes, known issue, I had that issue in 2019 and I ended up cutting the wires too. Never had an issue since.