why does this fuse keep blowing?

[Steve Meyer]

I had the same problem with my dash lights, it ended
up being a bad connection in the glove box light. The
wires had frayed and progressively gotten worse.
Sometimes a bump would make the wires short out.
But...like Huw said, the short could be anywhere and
let's hope it's someplace easy to get to like the
glove box!

Good luck!
slm

'88 90q
'85 4kq
'00 Passat 4Motion

--- Tessie McMillan <tessmc at drizzle.com> wrote:

> Hi folks, does anyone possibly have an idea about
> this oddball problem? 
> The instrument cluster in my '88 80Q no longer
> lights when I engage my 
> headlights.
> 
> It used to be that whenever I encountered this
> problem, I would find a 
> blown 10 amp fuse in about the middle of my fuse box
> and replacing the 
> fuse would fix everything. Now, however, I can
> replace the fuse, but as 
> soon as I start the car, the fuse is blown again.
> I've gone through many 
> fuses trying this out -- with various/all
> accessories turned on and off.
> 
> What could be the culprit? The only other 'odd'
> electrical issues I have 
> are that my heater fan is only working on the top
> heater fan settings, and 
> my fuel pump (I think I've replaced it once before)
> just recently started 
> humming. Could either of these cause some kind of
> overload that is 
> affecting the cluster?
> 
> Any other way to troubleshoot this?
> 
> Tess
> in Bellevue, WA USA
> 
> 
> 
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