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- 2016 Explorer Limited
My wife has a 2016 Ford Explorer Limited and has been a great car, up until recently (multitude of issues but I will keep this on topic). As of late, with doors closed and with power, the map lights would not come on when pushed, this also affected the second row lights, etc. With a door open, they would come as expected and work somewhat normally. In this condition, the third row light would not power on in any case. I could also make the map lights and 2nd row lights come on with the button by the dimmer.
I did some research and found the Battery Saver - Demand Lamps circuit (#1) with a blown 10A fuse. I replaced the fuse and thought that was the end of that but the next day, it stopped working and it blew that fuse. The fuse I used was rather old and possibly frail so I replaced it again with a much newer fuse, which lasted about 1.5 days before popping.
It will work seemingly fine before popping and I cannot determine what action causes the fuse to break. This last time I replaced the fuse was this past Sunday afternoon and it worked as expected that afternoon and I had my wife test it out Monday when taking the kids to school and picking them up - all worked like normal. Then this morning on her way to school, the map lights stopped working on demand so I assume the fuse popped again (will verify again this evening).
Anybody have any similar experiences or diagrams to help with diagnosis?
Other information (relevance unknown): I am not sure of the circuitry but in the interest of transparency, she has a phone charger plugged in up front (USB), along with the cords to the kid's DVD players (cigarette lighter). I don't think this issue is centralized to the map lights, its just that the map lights are the indicator of the issue as the kids don't mess with the 2nd/3rd row lighting. It may be something with the 3rd row light since that one stops working entirely. With that said, late last year/earlier this year, she did have some sunroof leakage under heavy storms due to clogged drains. I was able to snake the drain lines with weed-eater wire and prevent any additional damage but there was water in the liner and down on the passenger floor, twice - I am sure this has some relation to the newest issue, but don't really want to drop the headliner without knowing what I am looking for.
I did some research and found the Battery Saver - Demand Lamps circuit (#1) with a blown 10A fuse. I replaced the fuse and thought that was the end of that but the next day, it stopped working and it blew that fuse. The fuse I used was rather old and possibly frail so I replaced it again with a much newer fuse, which lasted about 1.5 days before popping.
It will work seemingly fine before popping and I cannot determine what action causes the fuse to break. This last time I replaced the fuse was this past Sunday afternoon and it worked as expected that afternoon and I had my wife test it out Monday when taking the kids to school and picking them up - all worked like normal. Then this morning on her way to school, the map lights stopped working on demand so I assume the fuse popped again (will verify again this evening).
Anybody have any similar experiences or diagrams to help with diagnosis?
Other information (relevance unknown): I am not sure of the circuitry but in the interest of transparency, she has a phone charger plugged in up front (USB), along with the cords to the kid's DVD players (cigarette lighter). I don't think this issue is centralized to the map lights, its just that the map lights are the indicator of the issue as the kids don't mess with the 2nd/3rd row lighting. It may be something with the 3rd row light since that one stops working entirely. With that said, late last year/earlier this year, she did have some sunroof leakage under heavy storms due to clogged drains. I was able to snake the drain lines with weed-eater wire and prevent any additional damage but there was water in the liner and down on the passenger floor, twice - I am sure this has some relation to the newest issue, but don't really want to drop the headliner without knowing what I am looking for.
