# Plymouth Breeze blows a fuse **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 25, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123 "2007-09-25T13:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pideja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pideja](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pideja)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/1 "2007-09-25T13:57:23Z")
This car, a '96, blows the #8 ignition / starter / fuel fuse for “no apparent” reason. I have to replace this 20A fuse if I want the car to start. How can I check to find a plausible cause for this? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/2 "2007-09-25T14:02:01Z")
The fuse is blowing to protect the rest of the circuit. Somewhere within the circuit (or circuits) protected by this fuse there is a short or some other problem causing a current draw of more than 20 Amps. That’s a pretty big draw. Fuses don’t blow for no reason. You just haven’t found the reason yet. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/3 "2007-09-25T14:12:36Z")
To add to what was said, remember that the short may be intermittent and only occur occasionally, maybe a frayed wire rubbing against something. They can be tough to find unless the fuse is blowing as soon as you put it in. Good Luck ---
**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/4 "2007-09-25T14:30:15Z")
The above posts both speak the truth but give you no help in tracking down the problem. Your next step must be to get a wiring diagram and find out exactly which components are controlled by the fuse. I’m suspecting you have a bad starter (solenoid) but you will use the wiring diagram to confirm. ---
**Author:** ![DARTMAN69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dartman69/32/29_2.png) [@DARTMAN69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DARTMAN69)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/5 "2007-09-25T15:54:05Z")
Fuse #8 provides power to the starter relay and the fuel pump relay (diagram #1). It also supplies power to the ignition switch (diagram #2). Diagram 3 shows a simplified view of the starting system. Hope these help. ~Michael ---
**Author:** ![DARTMAN69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dartman69/32/29_2.png) [@DARTMAN69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DARTMAN69)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/6 "2007-09-25T15:55:05Z")
Sorry here is diagram #2. ~Michael ---
**Author:** ![pideja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pideja](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pideja)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plymouth-breeze-blows-a-fuse/5123/7 "2007-09-25T21:05:14Z")
Thanks DARTMAN…it’s amasing how these systems rely on one another. I guess I’ll try to find a way to test these circuits or get a mecanic who knows his way around electrical problems. In the meantime, I’ve baught a case of 20A fuses to get around!