please, i don't know what it is but need your help
 

here's you can see my my mazda and i don't know what all these means but if you know is everything ok on this photo , is something missing ? or do i have to change some of them ? can you note on the picture ???




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Oh my god, your car has be taken over by giant fuses!!!!!!!

1: PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD RESIZE THAT PICTURE DOWN A FEW HUNDRED %

2: I see 2 fuse boxes, and neither of them is in the USDM RX-8. What car did these come from?

3: I only see the tops of the fuses, I can't see if any of them are blown, since they have to be checked from the side.

4: I don't know what should be there and what shouldn't be, since I don't recognize the fuse boxes. However, MOST cars have a diagram printed on the bottom of the fuse box covers, showing what is supposed to be where. Nearly every car ever made with fuses has empty/unused spots, as the boxes are generally designed for max capacity, and they rarely need every slot.

resizing the picture does wonders for interpretation...

Fuse blocks typically have open spaces for accessories not installed on your car. Are you having a specific electical problem? The cover to the fuse block should have a diagram of what each fuse is related to and the appropriate size. Locate the associated fuse, pull it out and see if it has blown. Fuses don't go bad on their own. If they blow, you have a problem.

Yes, please resize that picture. The size is annoying.

Then I guess it's a good thing that I can't even see the picture, or did you remove it?

Al, maybe you could replace his pic with my attached?

Resized down to 23% of original.

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1279801020

I DO see something though, look at the bottom blue fuse. It isn't actually in the fuse location. It is offset, 1 pin in the hole to the left of each slot, presumably an 'ejection' hole where you insert a screwdriver and press down to pop the fuse out.


(That has too many sexual jokes in there...)

Pull that fuse back out and put it back where it should be, slightly to the right of where it is.


I also retract my prior statement. Now that my brain isn't bleeding from picture overload, I can see that it is the kick panel fuse box, and the edge of the dead pedal beyond.

can you show me on the picture what to change .. ?

at the very bottom, the 15A fuse, it is shifted relative to the other fuses. Pull it out and place it back shifted to the right.

Make it look like this picture attached

Here:
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1279810890

The red arrow and red circle is pointing to what is wrong.

See the other fuses above it in the picture? They are all in line with each other (see yellow lines). The last fuse circled is shifted to the left, and not actually in the slot where it should be, so no electrical connection is made, so what it is fusing against doesn't function.

Wow......now that I am able to see the pics, it's pretty obvious isn't it?

thanks
 

Hey Thanks a lot , i'have replaced it and now it is Correctly installed , but i couldn't see the difference ? what could it change ? ( what is it for ? )

can anyone see his/her RX-8 and tell me if something is missing in this place ????

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look in your manual there is a diagram of all the fuses and what they correlate to

When you pulled it out, you should have seen something like this:
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(one is front, one is back)

Each of those 2 "blades" pointing downwards are 1 side to an electrical connection. Plugging in the fuse inserts each of those blades into their own matching connectors in the fuse panel.

The little S piece in the middle beftween them is a finely tuned conductor.

When everything is intact, the electricity flows from the battery, through one or more switches, and then through this fuse, and then finally to the component it powers. I'll check to see which fuse this is on mine when I leave work in a bit.

The fuse is designed around that little S piece in the middle. If too much power is pulled through it, as would happen if the wiring harness gets a short circuit or something due to old age, then that little S piece in the middle of the fuse will begin to heat up, as it is sized and tuned to only allow a certain amount of electrical power through normally. Pulling too much through generates heat. That heat will very quickly melt the metal, which will cause the little S to disintegrate, breaking the electrical connection, cutting power to the circuit, and the device. This usually happens in a fraction of a second.


Well, in my picture, you see how that fuse isn't lined up with the rest of them? If you look more closely, you can see that the right blade is in the left hole, and the left blade is in the little slot to the left of the fuse. Well, without the fuse making the electrical connection between the 2 appropriate sockets, no power will pass through, and no power will get to the device it protects, just as if the fuse failed, and viola...you have your problem.

I don't think so. The back of the fuse panel will tell you though.

There are normally empty slots that are not wired to anything and thus not used, in any fuse panel.

Unless something isn't functioning, then don't worry about that slot :)

1.hey i think it will solve my problem , the blue fuse was related to INNER BLOW SYSTEM - it was really annoying me , the car was becoming Hotter and Hotter inside , tomorrow i will drive and see the difference.. 2. in my Manual i searched the missing fuse (i have german manual ) and it was related to TCM "getriebesteuersystem" does anyone know what is it ? Thank you a lot for help Friend ; )))

I did a translate attempt on the word but came up dry. Sorry :)

Give me a few minutes and I will tell you what it is for the US model.

everyone is being so nice Im impressed!

BUSUSA: Just an FYI I have nothing in that bottom location in the top fuse panel.

translates to "gear added tax... somehow i think that is not the right answer lol

well i think my problem is solved : ) now i know how important these fuses are : ))

Here.....how's this?
You better save it, after all this!

Notice you have one 7.5A fuse doing nothing, so it's a spare.........unless someone wired something there?


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Hay Mazsurfer, that is what I call helping out a fellow owner. Kudos to you!

Seconded!!! A fine example of going Above & Beyond The Call Of Duty :rock:

^Thirded!!

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