Public Service Announcement: Seat your fuses

Overlander · Jan 18, 2021

Every fuse in my fuse box was inserted to the point of making contact but none were fully seated. In talking to my salesman this is a common problem with Jeep/Ram. The only reason I discovered this was because I needed to do a reset on the radio to get CarPlay to reconnect.

They probably would have stayed connected for a long time as they were. Or they could come loose with heavy rough road use. Either way, smart money is on taking 2 minutes to push them in. I wonder how many electrical gremlins/warranty calls have been because of this? Not something I would go looking for myself.

Gamedog · Jan 18, 2021

Well ****, if I wasn't in bed already I'd crack open a brew and go seat my fuses.

Will do it tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up!

Overlander · Jan 18, 2021

Report back, I'm curious if it's that way with others too. It's not like you touch them and they fall right out. But on mine you could still push them down another half of the blade length. I could definitely see where vibrations and thermal cycling could cause problems down the road.

MoPowered · Jan 18, 2021

Yes Sir, hand the same thing, found it several years ago when doing some light wiring removal from previous owner that had no idea had to run in-line fuse’s and toggle’s. I thought who in the hell has been messing with my truck.? They were all kinda not fully seated, definitely assembly line issue.

Daw14 · Jan 19, 2021

I’m certain that your salesman will get right on it ! This has been an issue for more then a decade. Well documented on multiple fronts, however it’s good for their business, lots of repeat customers.

ALRedneck · Jan 20, 2021

Thanks for the info. My fuses were only half way seated too

Hound Dog · Jan 20, 2021

just did mine all was half way in 2017 1500

retired · Jan 20, 2021

Did you guys miss the TBS about seating the fuses to deep? Apparently if they are pushed all the way in it can cause some major electrical issues of some sort.....just kidding. I just checked my 2020 PW and only the larger fuses were just slightly off fully seated. for the heck of it I tried pulling one out that I fully seated vs how they came and took the same effort to pull out so makes me wonder if there would ever be an issue.

B Mitty · Jan 20, 2021

Yea better all the way in.

Gamedog · Jan 21, 2021

Yeah nearly all of my fuses were "just the tip" deep.

Pushed them all in balls deep and now I'm happy. Hell I even got to work up a bit of a callous lol

Hydraplane · Jan 22, 2021

Same on my '18 PW, fuses not completely seated

Patriot_66 · Jan 22, 2021

Thanks for the heads-up! None of mine were completely seated on my 2021 1500...

SkeeterBait · Jan 22, 2021

Overlander said:
Every fuse in my fuse box was inserted to the point of making contact but none were fully seated. In talking to my salesman this is a common problem with Jeep/Ram. The only reason I discovered this was because I needed to do a reset on the radio to get CarPlay to reconnect.

They probably would have stayed connected for a long time as they were. Or they could come loose with heavy rough road use. Either way, smart money is on taking 2 minutes to push them in. I wonder how many electrical gremlins/warranty calls have been because of this? Not something I would go looking for myself.

Really dumb question here... Is there another fuse block somewhere else other than the engine compartment power center?

Overlander · Jan 22, 2021

That is the only one that I'm aware of. In other vehicles I've owned there are secondary boxes adjacent to the footwells, but I've not tinkered with the Ram long enough to vet that out.

Skyjockey · Jan 25, 2021

Saw this info over the summer and sure enough most of mine were "just" in far enough for contact but not seated fully

RaptorHD · Jan 25, 2021

Its also a good idea for you guys up north or any humid climate to also put a light coat of dialectic grease on them to prevent corrosion..

Big Bad Bud · Feb 1, 2021

Per FCA, this is a dealership PDI item. All dealerships are required to push each fuse in during the PDI. Therefore I'd say if you had an issue due to loose fuse, it would be on them.

kickinit · Apr 8, 2021

Discovered same thing on mystery 2021 1500 installing a dash cam and fuse tap. I almost thought there was a reason for them being loose and pushing them could be a bad thing. Bah!

adams5 · Dec 21, 2021

My 2019 Ram Rebel (30500 KM) had a similar problem while driving i was getting a message in the center cluster saying vehicle not in PARK ,u0101 TCM not communicating with ECM stop and call for assistance, this happened twice the last time the engine would not start.. Had it serviced the problem was a fuse was not making contact with the female receptacle , had to replace fuse box.. all good now.

MADDOG · Dec 21, 2021

It's not just Ram trucks that come with loose fuses. Over 50% of the fuses in my 2021 Jeep Wrangler were not fully seated.

Public Service Announcement: Seat your fuses

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