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Too many cars
After loading the oversize pictures, I went out today to clean grounds and touch up paint chips. Well after completing that task, I realized the cigarette lighter was in the glove box. No fuse in the 31 location, so installed the fuse,. glove box light came on, installed the lighter and almost caused a fire. Fuse didn't blow quick enough. Chart said 15 amp. Anyway, how does that lighter socket come out of the dash/console area?
The Bas/Esp is still lit up on the dash. Checked fuses, cleaned grounds, as well as removing the battery disconnect installed by PO. The negative wire on the battery had a little corrosion, so I cleaned it along with the ground to chassis location. Looked good. Cleaned grounds, three, on driver inner fender and a single ground at driver frame rail, passenger side near front of engine. Did the light reset, nothing has changed. Any more ideas? And the spoiler works with dash switch but not automatically.
If everything was fine when you put the fuse back in position 31, then maybe your lighter element might have a short which caused it to over heat.
You might want to try something like a phone charger and see if that works. Then you know for show that it is the lighter itself.
As far as the warning lights, you will have to scan the car to find out what codes they are giving off. Then at least you will have a starting point.
Nice work on the car by the way.