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Old 12-10-2007, 10:36 AM
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I have a Garmin GPS that was installed at circuit city. The installed a cigarette lighter type outlet under the dash and ran the GPS cable into that. When I turn on my windshield wipers my GPS fuse shorts.

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Old 12-10-2007, 10:46 AM
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Circuit City sucks at wiring.

I wouldn't trust them ever haha.

What year car helps.

Could be a NSX for all I know
Old 12-10-2007, 11:07 AM
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2002 Accord SE - thanks
Old 12-10-2007, 11:39 AM
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Wires could be touching...Have you taken a look at the wiring?
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If it was installed recently I'd bring it back to them and tell them to fix it on their dime.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GrantD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If it was installed recently I'd bring it back to them and tell them to fix it on their dime.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what he said
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Word. They messed something up. It shouldn't be on you to fix it.
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they probably grabbed power from the wipers. do the windshield wipers stop working too? they might have even grabbed the wrong wire thinking it was something else and its either over drawing on the fuse, or grounding it out.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GrantD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If it was installed recently I'd bring it back to them and tell them to fix it on their dime.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wouldn't care when it was installed, they obviously did a jacked wiring job. Take it in there and demand a free fix, that's bush.
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