Modern vehicles are more and more furnished with technology and although this brings us comfort, we unfortunately also undergo the drawbacks. Most of us are not comfortable with anything electrical on our Cadillac XTS, 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 Cadillac XTS. To achieve this, first, we will see in which situations it might be relevant to change the car radio fuse of your Cadillac XTS, then where is the car radio fuse of your Cadillac XTS .
Why change the car radio fuse on Cadillac XTS?
So let’s start our article on the location of the car radio fuse of your Cadillac XTS by the benefit of changing it. You may possibly feel like your fuse is blown but you’re not sure. It is necessary to know that a fuse acts as a safety device to prevent overvoltage on your Cadillac XTS . 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 confirm that the filament is still intact. In general, you will want to change the fuse of the car radio of a Cadillac XTS when it will no longer work for no apparent reason . If your battery is working effectively, it might be the fuse that is causing your problem.
Where is the head unit fuse on Cadillac XTS?
We will now search for the fuse in the head unit of your Cadillac XTS . The fuse is generally a 15 amp fuse, blue in color. However, according to the type of car radio you have it can be in two different spots. It is often connected to the 12-volt sockets on your centre console. We will see the two places where the fuse of the car radio of your Cadillac XTS can be located.
Setting the fuse of the original car radio to Cadillac XTS
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If you still have the original head unit on your Cadillac XTS, your fuse should be in the interior fuse box of your car . It should be behind a plastic cover near your driver’s seat. Please seek advice from your car manual if you can’t discover it. Here are the steps to stick to for the rest of the process:
- Browse the manual on the fuse box cover to discover the fuse of the car radio of your Cadillac XTS , it should be noted as “radio” or “sound system”
- Remove the car radio fuse cautiously and check its status.
- If it is faulty, replace it with a new fuse , in any other case take your car to your auto technician so that he can have a closer look at the trigger of your problem.
- After you change the car radio fuse, reassemble and test your car radio.
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Fuse replacement on a head unit of a different make on Cadillac XTS
Finally, we’ll see the case of a car radio bought in the shops, and how to discover the fuse of the car radio on Cadillac XTS in this situation . Here are the different steps you have to stick to to access this fuse:
- Remove the car radio from your Cadillac XTS , usually you’ll have to use a punch to unlock the brackets on all four corners of the radio.
- Behind the car radio of your Cadillac XTS, you should see on the power supply wires a single black fuse box, open it, it is in it that you will discover the fuse of the car radio of your Cadillac XTS
- It’s a clear glass fuse, so now you’ll be able to change the fuse on your Cadillac XTS
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You now know how to discover your car radio fuse , if you are in search of other fuses like the starter fuse on Cadillac XTS, or the horn fuse, don’t think twice to seek advice from our articles dedicated to these fuses.
If you wish more guides on the Cadillac XTS, go to our Cadillac XTS category.
