Hi Everyone, After parting with my '97 Wrangler 4 years ago, I finally got a '05 Wrangler SE today and love it... When I was test driving it, the stereo didn't work because he said the fuse was taken out... Uh, ok, no big deal...
When I left the dealership, the odometer said "no fuse", the radio worked fine, and I brought it to their attention before I left... Some guy did something under the hood - message gone, I was good to go! That was at 1pm - fast forward to 7pm... I go to turn the headlights on and realize that I have no headlights - turns out a 40A fuse was missing (wondering if he added one or just swapped it)! Just leaving my visit to Wal-Mart, I went to check and they didn't have those 40A fuses available... To get the head lights working, I swapped fuses with something I thought I didn't need (ext lights is how it was marked in the panel)... During my 7 minute drive to Autozone, I had head lights, but upon arriving, I had my wife tap on the brakes just for kicks... None. Grrr.... Guess I had a choice of head lights or brake lights - luckily there was some light left for the day, so I got home fine opting for brake lights... Picked up a 40A female fuse at Autozone, but turned out it was too big. Grr...
Two questions now - it was an honest oversight on the dealer's part, and I should have inspected everything on my part too - just assumed everything would be functioning... All dealerships are closed on Sundays around here and I'd really like to utilize my headlights and brakelights... Are there any places that sell these smaller/specialized type fuse, or is it just made for Chrysler/Jeep, and second, anybody know why fuses would be removed in the first place while the Jeeps are waiting for a new owner?
Thanks for any help, Scott in NH