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Fire behind dash from horn fuse

My horn fuse would blow after a few minutes. so i put a bigger fuse in. then fire caught behind the dash. Now the truck turns over but won't start. what else runs off the horn fuse that might cause this. or its probably likely that the fire melted other wires.

  • homerun322 Apr 26, 2009

    I have same problem, if I lock doors with remote

    horn work but if I press horn from stering wheel

    blows fuse right away, now drive with no horn

  • Anonymous Mar 30, 2014

    spark, melted, help

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I assume you do not have a fuse in the horn cavity of the fuse box. Im sure wires have been melted together and may have blown additional fuse or burned others in half. I would venture a guess you have an ignition circuit that has been damaged or other fuses blown.
Check them all and let me know.
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Fire melted other wires blowing more fuses or relays

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