2005 Ford Escape Brake Light Fuse Keeps Blowing

The video above shows how to check for blown fuses in the engine bay of your 2005 ford escape and where the fuse box diagram is located.

2005 ford escape brake light fuse keeps blowing.

My brake light fuse keeps blowing do you have any idea. I replaced and the gear shift was releassed. Car cranks a couple times then fuse 4 blows dead instr. I have an 04 ford escape that the gear shift is stuck in park.

I have an 04 ford escape that the gear shift is stuck in park. This is important because the wires in the circuit were sized to handle 15 amps. They are 15amp fuses per the owners manual. When this fuse blows the safety feature on the car does not allow you to take the car out of park you can t shift the car into reverse drive etc.

All you can do is follow the wires and see if there s a place where it could be rubbed through. Tail lights not working on 2005 ford escape recently replaced rear brake lights and turn signal lights. 10a car cranks a couple times then fuse 4 blows. The green red wire from the fuse panel to the stop light switch too.

The 15 means the amp rating of the fuse is 15 amps and something in the circuit is causing more than 15 amps to go through blowing the fuse. If your map light stereo turn signals heated seats headlights or other electronic components suddenly stop working chances are you have a fuse that has blown out. Driving around without brake lights is waiting for an accident. You must determine what keeps blowing the fuse.

The stoplight sends power from the brake light switch in the light green wire to the abs module transmission eca eec besides the third stop light and stop lights in the tail lights. If fuse keep blowing then it is a short. If fuse does not blow then it is a broken line in the brake light wires follow the wires down to the fuse. Buy a tester which costs couple of dollars to test were is power and were not.

2005 ford escape blows fuse 4 10a during the start cycle. Answered by a verified ford mechanic. Panel and no read more.