Fuse tap switch to kill gremlins

[hardloaf]

Software glitches which I've experienced so far are particularly annoying. The most frequent one for me is when cluster doesn't light up on key turn and after that it's completely blank, no turn signals sound, but all systems it supposed to show appear to be working anyway. I've found its fuse (FC02, 7.5A, cluster, glove box, steering wheel) in the little panel under the steering wheel and will install a manual fuse tap switch there to give me a quick way to reset its power and hopefully this will be enough.
Did anybody try this approach already?
Another issue is with AC blowing melting hot. I wonder if same approach will work here too. Would probably need a thicker gauge fuse tap. Haven't found relevant fuse for this one yet.

 

[NQ94]

Software glitches which I've experienced so far are particularly annoying. The most frequent one for me is when cluster doesn't light up on key turn and after that it's completely blank, no turn signals sound, but all systems it supposed to show appear to be working anyway. I've found its fuse (FC02, 7.5A, cluster, glove box, steering wheel) in the little panel under the steering wheel and will install a manual fuse tap switch there to give me a quick way to reset its power and hopefully this will be enough.
Did anybody try this approach already?
Another issue is with AC blowing melting hot. I wonder if same approach will work here too. Would probably need a thicker gauge fuse tap. Haven't found relevant fuse for this one yet.

Will this approach cause other codes to occur, possibly putting the car into limp or a no start mode? The BCM, security module and other modules will have a loss off communications due to the power interruption when resetting the fuse.

 

[rob88]

Installing a switch on your cluster fuse is a clever fix. Many people have done similar things to hard-reboot finicky modules. It should work for your blank cluster issue.

For the AC blowing hot, that's often a different beast. It's usually a physical fault like a blend door actuator, not a software glitch a reboot can fix. A fuse tap likely won't help there. You'll need to diagnose the specific AC problem.

 

[Shopkeep]

Software glitches which I've experienced so far are particularly annoying. The most frequent one for me is when cluster doesn't light up on key turn and after that it's completely blank, no turn signals sound, but all systems it supposed to show appear to be working anyway. I've found its fuse (FC02, 7.5A, cluster, glove box, steering wheel) in the little panel under the steering wheel and will install a manual fuse tap switch there to give me a quick way to reset its power and hopefully this will be enough.
Did anybody try this approach already?
Another issue is with AC blowing melting hot. I wonder if same approach will work here too. Would probably need a thicker gauge fuse tap. Haven't found relevant fuse for this one yet.

The cluster not lighting up regularly as you describe is a fault, not a glitch, and you should get it fixed by your dealer instead of messing with the fuses. As for the AC, well that is a glitch.

 

[Zimm]

The ac may not be a coding fault, but it sure aint a glitch.