Modern cars are more and more built with technology and nevertheless this brings us comfort, we sadly as well go through the cons. Most of us are uncomfortable with anything electrical on our Ford Explorer, let alone going near the fuses on it. In this article, we will try to help you to resolve your fuse problems and especially to find the car radio fuse on your Ford Explorer. To do this, first, we will discover in which situations it might be important to change the motor vehicle radio fuse of your Ford Explorer, then where is the car radio fuse of your Ford Explorer .
Why change the car radio fuse on Ford Explorer?
So let’s start our article on the location of the car radio fuse of your Ford Explorer by the benefit of changing it. You may feel like your fuse is blown but you’re not sure. It is essential to know that a fuse functions as a safety device to prevent overvoltage on your Ford Explorer . It will be a resistor, of a filament, more or less thick, which will let pass a certain tension and which will break if the tension is too strong. Hence the fact that they are transparent, you can verify them and confirm that the filament is still intact. Generally speaking, you will want to change the fuse of the car radio of a Ford Explorer when it will no longer work for no apparent explanation . If your battery is working properly, it might be the fuse that is producing your problem.
Where is the head unit fuse on Ford Explorer?
We will now search for the fuse in the head unit of your Ford Explorer . 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 places. It is often linked to the 12-volt sockets on your centre console. We will discover the two places where the fuse of the car radio of your Ford Explorer can be located.
Setting the fuse of the original car radio to Ford Explorer
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If you still have the original head unit on your Ford Explorer, 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 consult your car instruction manual if you can’t find it. Here are the steps to stick to for the rest of the procedure:
- Read the instruction manual on the fuse box cover to find the fuse of the car radio of your Ford Explorer , it should be noted as “radio” or “sound system”
- Remove the car radio fuse attentively and verify its status.
- If it is faulty, replace it with a new fuse , otherwise 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 Ford Explorer
Finally, we’ll discover the case of a car radio bought in the shops, and how to find the fuse of the car radio on Ford Explorer in this situation . Here are the different steps you have to stick to to access this fuse:
- Remove the car radio from your Ford Explorer , 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 Ford Explorer, 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 Ford Explorer
- It’s a clear glass fuse, so now you’ll be able to change the fuse on your Ford Explorer
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You now know how to find your car radio fuse , if you are looking for other fuses like the starter fuse on Ford Explorer, or the horn fuse, don’t hesitate to consult our articles dedicated to these fuses.
If you wish more tutorials on the Ford Explorer, go to our Ford Explorer category.
