Toyota 90982-10001 Fuse, Medium Current

The electrical circuits of these automobile are protected with the help of fuses, circuit breakers, fusible links and are located at different positions such as beneath the instrument panel and the engine compartment and as for the 2003 and prior models the fuse box located on the right side of the engine compartment. Every utility of this fuse covers a circuit and is stamped on the cover of the fuse panel; Miniaturized fuses that have a blade terminal design are easy to pull out and swap. When an electrical component is not working it needs a fuse check and the best, an accurate way is to use a test light to check power at the exposed terminal tips, because if there is power on one side of the fuse and not the other then the fuse is blown; likewise one can check by looking at it. One must be very particular about replacing the old fuses because different fuses though physically different are compatible with the power distribution box, but their rating should match the specified rating for each circuit. But if this replacement fuse blows as soon as possible, the problem causing the situation is likely behind the fuse, which is usually a short circuit from a damaged wire in this case, more attempts to replace it should be made. Certain circuits incorporate fusible links, namely, those not fused or those that include a higher current; cartridge type fusible link is mounted in the fuse box of the engine compartment together with wire type fusible links installed on the wire harness in between the battery and the fuse/relay blocks. If the fusible link melts, the situation that provoked the short must be fixed before a link of the same thickness is installed and a skinny wire must never be swapped with the link. To replace a wire-type fusible link, one has to take loosening the negative battery cable, removed the faulty link and solder a new one into place with the bare wires covered with shrink tubing or electrical tape.