This forum has been pretty helpful for me installing stuff in my car, but this is the first time I've had to post.
I have a 2003 kia spectra gs base and I am installing power door locks and remote keyless entry. I had everything hooked up and working, but there were loose wires everywhere. When I prepared to mount the control modules under the dash, I accidentally grounded one of the pins on the control module while it was plugged in (next time, I'll UNPLUG the harness before mounting
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Now, my overhead lights and radio get no power whether the car is off or on. Also, the negative door trigger doesn't appear to work, and when the keys are in the ignition the car doesn't chime.
Long story short, I believe the power wire I shorted was the 2nd wire in the 4-wire harness coming from the starter switch. It read +12V constant on my multimeter before, now it reads 0V at all times. Does anyone know which fuse I could have blown?
I looked at all of the fuses on the inside fuse box and they looked fine. Just for the heck of it, I replaced them all. I also looked at the starter/ignition fuses in the fuse box under the hood and they also looked good. The only fuse I wasn't able to check was a fuse called "room." It is a 10-amp mini-fuse under a brown bracket which I'm having trouble removing. I really don't want to break anything, so I didn't use too much force, but one of the terminals on it was a little black. Does anyone know what this fuse does or how to remove that brown bracket?
I appreciate any help.
-Austen