Modern vehicles are more and more built with technology and nevertheless this brings us comfort, we sadly also undergo the disadvantages. Most of us are not comfortable with anything electrical on our Audi A3, let alone going near the fuses on it. In this post, we will try to help you to resolve your fuse complications and especially to find the car radio fuse on your Audi A3. To achieve this, first, we will see in which situations it may be relevant to replace the car radio fuse of your Audi A3, then where is the car radio fuse of your Audi A3 .
Why replace the car radio fuse on Audi A3?
So let’s start our content page on the location of the car radio fuse of your Audi A3 by the interest of changing it. You might feel like your fuse is blown but you’re not sure. It is important to know that a fuse functions as a safety device to prevent overvoltage on your Audi A3 . It will be a resistor, of a filament, more or less thick, which will let complete a certain tension and which will break if the tension is too strong. Hence the fact that they are transparent, you can check them and check that the filament is still intact. Generally, you will want to replace the fuse of the car radio of a Audi A3 when it will no longer work for no apparent cause . If your battery is working properly, it may be the fuse that is producing your issue.
Where is the head unit fuse on Audi A3?
We will now search for the fuse in the head unit of your Audi A3 . The fuse is generally a 15 amp fuse, blue in color. However, dependent on the kind of car radio you have it can be in two different locations. It is quite often linked to the 12-volt sockets on your centre console. We will see the two places where the fuse of the car radio of your Audi A3 can be located.
Setting the fuse of the original car radio to Audi A3
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If you still have the original head unit on your Audi A3, your fuse should be in the interior fuse box of your vehicle . It should be behind a plastic cover near your driver’s seat. Please seek advice from your vehicle owners manual if you can’t find it. Here are the steps to follow for the rest of the process:
- Read the owners manual on the fuse box cover to find the fuse of the car radio of your Audi A3 , it should be noted as “radio” or “sound system”
- Take out the car radio fuse attentively and check its status.
- If it is defective, replace it with a new fuse , otherwise take your vehicle to your auto mechanic so that he can have a closer look at the trigger of your issue.
- After you replace the car radio fuse, reassemble and test your car radio.
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Fuse replacement on a head unit of a different produce on Audi A3
Finally, we’ll see the circumstance of a car radio bought in the shops, and how to find the fuse of the car radio on Audi A3 in this situation . Here are the different steps you have to follow to access this fuse:
- Take out the car radio from your Audi A3 , usually you’ll have to use a punch to unlock the brackets on all four corners of the radio.
- At the rear of the car radio of your Audi A3, you should see on the power supply wires a single black fuse box, open it, it is in it that you will find the fuse of the car radio of your Audi A3
- It’s a clear glass fuse, so now you’ll have the ability to replace the fuse on your Audi A3
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You now know how to find your car radio fuse , if you are in search of other fuses like the starter fuse on Audi A3, or the horn fuse, don’t think twice to seek advice from our articles dedicated to these fuses.
If you wish more tutorials on the Audi A3, go to our Audi A3 category.
