It started yesterday, on the freeway, all of a sudden my stereo just losses power. It was to late to start to work on it so today I put a new fuse in and it blew again, I tried this two or three times.

The fuse blows right when I turn the ingnition to the accessory position. It's the #1 fuse that keeps on blowing which powers the radio, cigar lighter, rear defroster, glove box light, folder rear headrests, and the rear compartment.

I think that maybe some wires somehow got crossed behind the radio but don't want to pull it out if I don't have to. It is an aftermarket unit that I installed myself around 2 years ago. I'm just wondering if anything else related to this fuse would do the same thing.

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1992 Mercedes-Benz 400E
2002 Mercedes-Benz ML500

Definately shorted somewhere on that circuit.

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89 190E
2.6L
Arctic white
Grey leather
Sunroof
Pirelli P400 rubber
Smoked corners

I took out the stereo and capped all the power wires dealing with the stereo and the fuse still blows, so I doubt that it has to deal with the stereo but I have no other place to look. Everything else dealing with that fuse has not been touched and I don't see how those other devices would blow it anyway. I really don't know what it could be, I was fairly sure it was the stereo but now I can't say for sure. I want to get this fixed before I drive to Vegas or I'll go crazy!

I NEED HELP!

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1992 Mercedes-Benz 400E
2002 Mercedes-Benz ML500

I had that happen once and it turned out that a coin (dime)had fallen into the lighter socket after removing my phone charger from it. The coin obviously shorted the socket and blew the fuse. Just food for thought....

I guess you could test all your live wires to see if there is a current flow between them and earth. Try it with your stereo wire, as you have ruled out the stereo but not necessarily the wiring.

good luck

Russ

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190E's:
2.5-16v 1990 90,000m Astral Silver
2.0E 8v 1986 107,000m Black 2nd owner
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look on the fuse box cover and see what some of the other idems are on that fuse.

If i was doing it I would unplug the power antana at the motor then see if the fuse blows. If that wasnt it then start unpluging things on that curcut until they are all unpluged. If that Didnt do it then check wires for shorts or ground faults.