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Son has replaced radio in 1999 Kia Sportage for Mother's Day and and now appear to have no power to radio, clock, interior light and central locking. Help please
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between the main power board under the bonnet and the fuse box inside the car is a problem what? i have no idea but check for power to the fuses inside the car then if no power theri you have a main fuse blown under the bonnet in the power distribution box and work backwards using logic to find the fault
There is a body computer for the vehicle which is probably on its way out. These are about 400 dollars and sometimes need programming. This is usually what the problem is with multiple low voltage symptoms.
Most have a fuse block under the hood and one under or at the driver side of the dash....It probably wont be in plain sight without removing a plastic shield...check owners manual for the location.They seem to always put them in a good hidden place away from any danger to the fuses.If you dont have a owners manual I would call kia dealer and ask for location.
This is as a result of a short occurring most likely in the radio harness.
It happened me while working on a customers car. In my case checked all fuses and they all appeared fine, both those under the hood/bonnet and those underneath the steering wheel.
After studying the workshop electrical schemmatics for the car it appears that the clock, interior lights, central locking receiver and radio permanent live/battery are all on the one line.
In effect damage had occurred after the internal fuse panel, therefore all fuses were ok and supplying power across them, but at some point after there was a break in the wire.
However you DO NOT need to remove dash and or replace harnesses to rectify.
Look at the fuse panel underneath the steering wheel. Slot 18 (bottom RHS) and you will see in raised plastic 'BACK UP'. Inserting a 10A fuse here will restore the interior lights, radio, clock and your central locking.
There is a small plastic piece in the way which prevents a fuse going in. Simply use a thin pair of pliers, scissors or a screwdriver (or similar tool) to break this and all pieces of it away until you are able to insert the 10A mini blade fuse.
Problem Sorted!
(I believe the fact this back up exists is because the designers of electrical system at mitsibushi realised it had shortcomings or this would be a potential problem - and included the back up for such an occurence)
Fearghus Quinn (7 years experienced auto electrician & owner of Car Audio company in Perth Western Australia)
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