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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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Diagnostic port not working, unable to reflash car

Well here we go again, this is getting really old, heres the latest thing to break. I'm about 2 seconds from trading this unreliable piece of **** in on something else.

Went to reflash the car this morning and kept getting an error that the port had no power sure enough the little green light on HPT was not coming on. Tried it out on another car and it works fine, initially I thought my HPT box was bad but it turns out thats not the case.

So is there a fuse someplace for this? I checked every single one on the passenger side in the fuse box and not a single one is bad. Anyone else had this happen?
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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i've heard about this before. the fuse is shared between the port and something else. i can't remember which one though.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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It's the CTG fuse in the black fuse box under the hood. Easy fix. It's on the left side of the box if you are standing in front of the car and I believe it's a blue 15amp fuse if I remember correctly. Happened to me once before, and once I replaced it all was well from there on out many tunes and datalogs later. Patience my friend.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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nice, thanks for the info, i feel warm and fuzzy now and love my balt again

im pretty sure theres no auto parts places open yet tonight though
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Rodimus_Prime
nice, thanks for the info, i feel warm and fuzzy now and love my balt again

im pretty sure theres no auto parts places open yet tonight though
I think even walmart or kmart has the mini bus fuses that you will need if there isn't already a spare one in the box to use. Check out the spares they provide in there man!
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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eek..i wouldnt want somone who couldnt find a blown fuse tuning my car
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:13 PM
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eek..i wouldnt want somone who couldnt find a blown fuse tuning my car
Meh, there are a lot of fuses in this car. There is a panel on the passenger side inside the center console a lot of people don't even know about for that matter. A person using a laptop to tune a car doesn't need the same ability to find an electrical issue and trace it out. That is more of a computer data and comprehension thing rather than a hands on manual thing like the burnt out fuse is. When it happened to me I freaked out too the first time until I figured it out.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 2K5SS/SC?
Meh, there are a lot of fuses in this car. There is a panel on the passenger side inside the center console a lot of people don't even know about for that matter. A person using a laptop to tune a car doesn't need the same ability to find an electrical issue and trace it out. That is more of a computer data and comprehension thing rather than a hands on manual thing like the burnt out fuse is. When it happened to me I freaked out too the first time until I figured it out.
Beat me to it. Finding a fuse has nothing to do with tuning haha. Someone could be the best tuner int he world and not know how to actually work a wrench. I do a little bit of both however i'm better at the wrench part than the tuning part haha
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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I already checked the fuse panel on the passenger side immediately after this happened. Nobody on here knows where everything is, I use my resources which is the good folks on this forum.

I also dont tune anyone else's car so im not sure what your point is there
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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But the good thing is that it's fixed now right?
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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well theres something called LTR thats blown and its 15amp so id bet thats it
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:52 PM
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yeah its on the cig lighter circuit lol.
You have no idea how many phone calls I get from people in the middle of the night asking me the same thing
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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well theres something called LTR thats blown and its 15amp so id bet thats it
**** my bad! I labeled it CTG instead of LTR! I was thinking of cigarette lighter so I labeled it CTG. I think there is another one labeled CTG come to think of it though. At least I got you in the right area!
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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I'm reallllly glad thats all it was I dont feel like paying for something else to be fixed lol
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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mine did the same thing. we just took out the fuse and replaced with it with one of the spares that is in the box
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Rodimus_Prime
I'm reallllly glad thats all it was I dont feel like paying for something else to be fixed lol

I feel you on that one after having to pay for two tranny's, a set of shift linkage, headgasket, and the list goes on. Plus, having to do all my own labor. I thought it was never going to end there for awhile.
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