This is a guess...someone wired the aux lights to that circuit so when the wires shorted it blew the fuse. The other repair shop found the fuse blown and the short was still there and they used a wire diagram trying to find the short but seeing as it was aftermarket wiring they couldn't locate it so they left the fuse out. You found the short & repaired it and then had to solve the missing fuse lack of power. That's @40 years of fixing issues and trying to figure out what was the sequence of events but then again that's just a guess but that's my story & I'm sticking to it...:-) Good diagnosis Ivan and another PHAD happy customer!
I think you did a great job !!, you found out no voltage at that pin was causing the problem, and you eventually figured out why there was no voltage at that pin, it's not easy to stay focused especially when you are tired, but you kept your composure and succeeded.
He took it out to replace the one that blew when his front lights shorted out. He probably read the diagram wrong and thought it was for something else seeing how thats when the problem happened thats a logical reason for the missing fuse.
Unsolved mysteries...... It makes you wonder how is it possible? I have had my share of missing fuse some that make no sense. The obvious ones are the 02-04 F150 for missing fuse and have o2 and transmission codes. You are a brave man going to individuals houses. Brought back memories when I started my business. Great job brother.
Love the exasperation in your voice at 15:33. It was just one of those days for you - we've all been there. Awesome video Ivan, and watch out for those cardboard boxes.
you are very clever my friends and a very kind person , can"t believe a cardboard box pulled out a fuse . lol , keep the good work and thanks for sharing
Love this video because it teaches you how to think. Ran around in circles on my gm 3.8 after a misfire. Replaced the ICM and fixed the problem. Misfire came back and never thought the new module would fail so quickly( 2 weeks). Needless to say that cost me alot of time
Over the years i have dealt with missing fuses a few times. It's funny how they just vanish. Even though you had a rough time of it and a broken laptop you solved the problem and that is what's important. Get some R+R my friend.
The cardboard box was protecting the fuse, that protected the transmission, that protected the charging system, that protected the vehicle, that protected the operator, that protected the computer, ( not the laptop though ) that tried to protect itself from Ivan.
Hummm there's way more here than meets the eye. The owner didn't give you the correct info... Running over a cardboard box is not going to cause a fuse to suddenly vanish in thin air. And there is no way the car (not a truck as stated before, LOL) could've run fine before, since it didn't have that fuse. I would've been upset with the owner for misleading the diagnosis. Unless somebody else was using the vehicle and lied to the customer as well. A great case study with a bizarre story behind it. Way to go Mr holmes.
The truck in fact DID go to one shop before I looked at it. My only guess is that they for one reason or another pulled that fuse out and did not reinstall it? Fuses don't fall out of the fuse box on their own...usually lol. I wish I found the CORRECT diagram sooner, diag would have gone much smoother lol
There is a lot to learn from this one Ivan. Even the feedback in the comments helped me. Thanks for posting and sharing. Looking forward to what's going on back in State College.
So long story short, they blew a fuse, stole one from another slot that they shouldn’t have. Didn’t tell you about it, and then lead you up the garden path for most of a day. Lol, I’m glad you found it and glad you charge by the hour given you need a new screen.
Thanks for posting the video. It shows that we all make mistakes. I changed plugs and wired on a 92 Oldsmobile 3.1 v6 for a friend. Took me and hour why the rear plugs would not come out. I was tightening them. Basic lefty loosy righty tighty mistake. I was tired and frustrated when I started the job so i just lost my mind.
Hold on their buddy back the truck up LOL And how did hitting a cardboard box on the road cause the fuse to disappear. HAHAHA Ivan I'm peeing my pants over here laughing. Love it buddy . LOL
Very good question Steve. I would love to know the true sequence of events here...something definitely doesn't add up. That's Staten Island for you...weird and wonderful and bizarre. Have never seen stuff like this anywhere else lol
I was a home products service technician for 27 years. Beware of the 10 thumbed do it yourself customer. #1 they forget what they did. #2 they lie to you when the truth would do. Nobody loves the repairman. He stole that fuse to replace the fog light one that blew! Then he stood there and watched you pull your hair out for how many hours? without a clue to what he had CAUSED! If I didn't love dealing with people I couldn't have done it.
This is exactly why I try to avoid running stuff over at (almost) all costs. I even got stopped for it once. Late September '99 I noticed something which looked like a bit of 2 by 4 lumber in the road on an interchange and decided to avoid it, even though that meant doing sort-of a Scandinavian flick and, most likely, ending up in a lift-off oversteer situation. At the time I wasn't fully aware of how bad the handling of my current car is on the limit, so the slide was quite lurid, but I did manage to keep it out of the barriers and continued without stalling. Only to be flagged down by a motorcycle cop a couple of kilometres down the road (this is when I found out there's people monitoring cameras all over our road network). So I explained it turned out be just s bit of foam, but it looked like something which could have really damaged my car if I ran it over and, since there was no-one around, I decided to avoid it. Fortunately, that took the sting out of the conversation and everything ended amicably. Anyway, good job tracing things down to a single point of failure, too bad someone got to the vehicle before you and introduced a red herring of sorts.
Have a 2012 Honda Pilot. Similar drivetrain. Had an over voltage issue with the charging system. Fried the alternator and the plug on the back. Had several DTC’s to include a transmission solenoid low voltage. New battery, alternator, and plug. Fixed over voltage but then wasn’t charging. Transmission shift issues. Found your video and decided to check all the fuses. Wouldn’t you know it fuse #4 under the dash for the ACG was blown. Replaced it and system charging and no more DTCs. Drives normally again. Thanks for the video.
Bingo! I believe the cardboard box blew the fuse for the circuit that the aftermarket lights are piggybacking on. The owner intended to pull the fuse for the aftermarket lights but pulled the wrong fuse, causing the dash to light up like a Christmas tree. LOL.
I had a flat tire, took the car in to have it fixed, Driving home tried to use the cruise, no cruise. checked the under dash fuse panel and what do you know, no fuse in the panel. I used the cruise to go to the shop so they had to have removed it thinking I would return for a diag. and repair. they lost a lot of family business over that one.
Here's the reason it took awhile. You didn't bring the dry erase board , and relied to heavily on the scopes and scopes on a rope, instead of drawing out that fuse. Then you quickly would have discovered that without a head on that fuse end and no vacuum, it simply came out on it's own. More study on Eric's drawings would have led you there much sooner. And remember if he can draw it, you can too... In all seriousness though thanks for another great video !
On the Fords built back in 90's you could pull the fuse to the speedometer/odometer & drive the vehicle without mileage being put on the odometer. It took Ford a while to figure out that some people that were leasing Ford's were doing this to avoid going over their lease mileage. Ford fixed this in late 90's early 2000's so if you pulled the speedometer fuse the alternator wouldn't charge your battery. My wife's cousin found this out the hard way when he pulled the speedometer fuse on his Ranger & his motor died on him on the freeway while driving up to his parents cabin at night. :)
Don't sweat it dude you figured it out. I was just down a similar Road this week working on a no Speedo issue on a bus, I came in on the tail end of this job and after I verified wiring again on it and asked the other Techs what had been done, things were not adding up. I took a deep breath and started from scratch,lol. I found a bad Battery and one battery wasn't even hooked up then after that found the Alternator was putting out excessive ac ripple. It was interfering with the Trans output shaft sensor and thus giving a faulty signal to the Trans computer and thus the Trans was spitting out a screwed up digital signal of it, thus no Speedo. I was relieved when I finally nailed the issue. Know what it's like to get your butt handed to you,lol.
Thanks for the encouraging words, Mike! This field is very humbling at times, but no matter what we must still find the solution at the end of the day...no one else is going to do it ;)
Nice video. It's funny how it's relatively rare you can blame a Honda for being poorly designed. If this was a Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Ram I would have suspected some critical wiring harness in harms way or needing a new $1000 TIPM. But, being a Honda, it was just "owner error." You might look for a "for parts only" same series laptop on eBay if you're comfortable replacing the entire lid/screen assembly.
the domestic vehicles may fail ALOT but at least the parts are usually available withing a day because thereare so many ford/dodge/gm dealers also parts stores stock it all whereas when you Honda fails the parts are a week away in edmonton
don't feel bad broke to screens replace 1 couple months before. 2 new screens came in last week. Got both Asus pads working went to glue them in and broke both. Now I paid for 3 Asus pads twice to repair them
Could the "where'd the fuse go" be answered by the fuse tap you can see hanging disconnected at 16:23? Perhaps the owner (or someone) tapped that fuse for the aftermarket lights and it was taken out when it shorted as stated in the beginning, and never replaced. ??
A lot of laptop screens run around $80 and not hard to replace . Spudgers may help . I get a lot of them from dvd super one off ebay . I take the screen out and get the number off the back , and then look for screen .
Reclined my leather chair into laptop, breaking screen. $42 and two days later the replacement showed up at home. Half hour installation. One, two, barbecue (to coin a phrase). Easy.
well when things do not go our way.... it makes for a long day. fuses don't just fall out. i would be looking at how many amps the fog light fuse took, many owners know how to check fuses. maybe by chance he seen this "missing fuse" was the same size. unsure if i would have attempted to use the test light when you did. however you found what appears to be the root cause of the condition. as always a great job and a great vid
An old timer Electrician said it best "Start at the Source"!! In my Hvac apprentice class (that I teach) i say "O.K. guys check power first! 3 phase power back feeds through motors when 1 fuse blows so check fuses first. It has happened to me more than once (in the dark with it raining !).
good video ... but seen it lots of times before .. last one about sixe month ago "local GM specialist!! Vauxhall here in the UK " had changed a turbo, air mass meter and lambda sensor for a missing 20 amp fuse ..... Regards John ..
Ran over a box and got sparks. Now everything is crazy. First thing would be to do a visual for broken wires, then check fuses. There looks to be a wire tap by that fuse box with a RED fuse in it. My guess is its for the "fog lights" that popped a fuse. The owner prob took a fuse from the fuse box since there are so many of them. = mess!
encountered missing fuse(s) in diagnosis, attributed to customers lack of communication or others trying to fix the problem. ivan you didn't get a "oh yeh.... i took that out" from the customer?
This sort of reminds me of Super Mario; the guy breaks blocks with his fists, eats flowers and starts throwing fire from his hands but can't stand touching a turtle.... a cardboard box sends flying fuses through the window on a Honda Ridgeline? This or the guy just wanted to be on camera.
Yes, it is always a different ballgame when the owner is standing there trying to be helpful. I've had times when as soon as the audience leaves, I find the problem right away lol
Missing fuse. Know that feel. I got called in by my uncle to find out why his truck wouldn't start. Spent over an hour tracking it down. Mostly trying to calm him down and dealing with his buddy giving "advice". Turns out an idiot cousin stole both ECM fuses from my uncles truck while he was working on his transmission as a prank. We were NOT amused.
since you reset the codes don't forget the idle relearn procedure. this engine is throttle by wire and its the same engine as my Saturn which I have to do the relearn procedure every time I clear the codes
Over on Rainman Rays sight he ran into the same problem. He traced the problem just like you did to a missing fuse. The conclusion was that the previous shop did it intentionally to scam the customer.
Do yourself a favor and get a matte finish replacement screen for the laptop. Great for cutting down glare. I got one for a laptop I was using outdoors and have never regretted it.
could I ask, why did you opt for a 20 amp fuse, was this just experience? did you try anything smaller and blow it? would you try with a higher amp fuse, or think 20 is about as high as you'd chance without obviously wanting to damage anything, thanks Rick
Good question, Rick. In this particular case I should have stepped it down to 10A since it's only a feed for the PCM and solenoids. For a higher amp circuit like a fuel pump of fan motor 20A fuse is OK.
WEStTEXAs I've had an older fella who said that he noticed his wipers, horn, power seats, and retractable roof stopped working all at the same time, started with the horn, found missing fuse, then power seats I found missing fuse, turns out all the fuses were missing, I looked at the fuses around those fuses and found out the were misplaced, he said he checked them all one day to make sure they were good as a preventive maintenance check and then about a month later saw the issues
That was Bananas! It appears this was kicking you in the butt. First you crack the screen , then waste 2 hours on the wrong diagram. Then you say it was a missing B2 fuse when it clearly shows , that there is no fuse in that slot ! Aye yay yay!! . You did a great job on that fix after all. I was just thinking in the beginning of the repair it's probably just a fuse....but it would not have been exciting if you did not go thru the changes and make a exciting video. Thanks for sharing your frustration with us. Sorry you busted the screen....
Its all a learning experience, and your getting better at it everyday. ..and intern so am i by watching your videos thanks and im glad there's no slippers !!
Car was fine before, he runs over box and sparks on a wire. All the sudden missing fuse? I doubt it. This owner was having a senior moment. Charge him for all that wasted time.
So the whole issue was a missing fuse? I am sorry for the laptop! It su..s!! Now a job that pays you $200 cost you $1000! The end of the video was weird, left us hanging! Not usual coming from you a very explanatory guy! I guess you were very upset!!
Great point, that was my train of thought too...but check out the wiring diagram!! A6 is actually the CONTROL side for Main Relay 1!! Fuse #18 actually feeds Pin B2 (the other missing power feed), and is NOT shown on the main PCM wiring diagram for some strange reason. But the "bypass test" worked the same on either pin! Must be some circuitry in the PCM that ties those together...
Man. What a shit show. I would have been dropping mad f-bombs and possibly even thrown a tool when I found that missing fuse... You can probably buy a replacement screen for that laptop but depending on how it comes apart it might well not be worth it. You might want to look at a surface or something if you need windows OS for the Pico and anything else you plug in.
tony montana On Lots of cars checking fuses there are lots of empty slots, but if blown one was still there it would have been obvious and saved time...
theoldwizard998 I have that same 2in1 it kind of sucks because WiFi driver needs to be reinstalled every time MS updates Windows... Not worth repairing IMO.
If you are shopping for a new laptop, I prefer ones based on AMD A10 chip. Much better graphics performance than any Intel integrated graphics chip. 8Gb memory minimum, 16Gb would be better. If you can find a nice 2-3 year old machine especially with Win7, I would swap out the HD and install a SSD and a virgin, retail distribution of Windows.
Actually I just bought a new one, identical to the first. The one with the cracked screen is still useable as a beater shop laptop after disabling the touch screen. Can't have too many laptops!
