Modern cars are more and more built with technology and although this brings us comfort, we unfortunately as well suffer the drawbacks. Most of us are not comfortable with anything electrical on our Peugeot 406, let alone going near the fuses on it. In this article, we will try to help you to fix your fuse problems and especially to find the car radio fuse on your Peugeot 406. To achieve this, first, we will see in which situations it might be relevant to change the car radio fuse of your Peugeot 406, then where is the car radio fuse of your Peugeot 406 .
Why change the car radio fuse on Peugeot 406?
So let’s start our content on the location of the car radio fuse of your Peugeot 406 by the benefit of changing it. You might 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 Peugeot 406 . 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 check them and validate that the filament is still intact. Generally speaking, you will want to change the fuse of the car radio of a Peugeot 406 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 Peugeot 406?
We will now search for the fuse in the head unit of your Peugeot 406 . 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 locations. It is quite 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 Peugeot 406 can be found.
Setting the fuse of the original car radio to Peugeot 406
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If you still have the original head unit on your Peugeot 406, 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 vehicle owners manual if you can’t find it. Here are the steps to follow for the rest of the process:
- Go through the owners manual on the fuse box cover to find the fuse of the car radio of your Peugeot 406 , 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 , otherwise take your vehicle to your auto technician so that he can have a closer look at the cause 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 produce on Peugeot 406
At last, we’ll see the case of a car radio bought in the shops, and how to find the fuse of the car radio on Peugeot 406 in this scenario . Here are the different steps you have to follow to access this fuse:
- Remove the car radio from your Peugeot 406 , generally you’ll have to use a punch to unlock the brackets on all four corners of the radio.
- Behind the car radio of your Peugeot 406, 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 Peugeot 406
- It’s a clear glass fuse, so now you’ll have the ability to change the fuse on your Peugeot 406
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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 Peugeot 406, or the horn fuse, don’t hesitate to seek advice from our web content dedicated to these fuses.
If you need more tutorials on the Peugeot 406, go to our Peugeot 406 category.
