Modern cars are more and more equipped with technology and nevertheless this brings us comfort, we sadly as well suffer the drawbacks. Most of us are not comfortable with anything electrical on our Kia Forte, let alone going near the fuses on it. In this post, we will try to help you to fix your fuse problems and especially to find the car radio fuse on your Kia Forte. To do this, first, we will discover in which situations it may be important to change the motor vehicle radio fuse of your Kia Forte, then where is the car radio fuse of your Kia Forte .
Why change the car radio fuse on Kia Forte?
So let’s start our content on the location of the car radio fuse of your Kia Forte by the interest of changing it. You may experience like your fuse is blown but you’re not sure. It is necessary to know that a fuse works as a safety device to prevent overvoltage on your Kia Forte . 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 verify them and check that the filament is still intact. Generally speaking, you will want to change the fuse of the car radio of a Kia Forte when it will no longer work for no apparent cause . If your battery is working effectively, it may be the fuse that is producing your issue.
Where is the head unit fuse on Kia Forte?
We will now search for the fuse in the head unit of your Kia Forte . 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 generally 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 Kia Forte can be determined.
Setting the fuse of the original car radio to Kia Forte
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If you still have the original head unit on your Kia Forte, 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 car owners manual if you can’t find it. Here are the steps to follow for the rest of the procedure:
- Go through the owners manual on the fuse box cover to find the fuse of the car radio of your Kia Forte , it should be noted as “radio” or “sound system”
- Remove the car radio fuse cautiously and verify its status.
- If it is faulty, change it with a new fuse , otherwise take your car to your technician so that he can have a closer look at the cause of your issue.
- 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 produce on Kia Forte
At last, we’ll discover the circumstance of a car radio bought in the shops, and how to find the fuse of the car radio on Kia Forte in this situation . Here are the different steps you have to follow to access this fuse:
- Remove the car radio from your Kia Forte , 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 Kia Forte, 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 Kia Forte
- It’s a clear glass fuse, so now you’ll be able to change the fuse on your Kia Forte
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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 Kia Forte, or the horn fuse, don’t hesitate to seek advice from our content articles dedicated to these fuses.
If you wish more tutorials on the Kia Forte, go to our Kia Forte category.
