NM paj brake fuse keeps blowing

I can only suggest the switch at the pedal end or damage to the wiring along the way to the rear. Apart form that ... sorry.

Owen

You say you have disconnected the trailer socket completely. Have you had a look inside the socket , the wires do come off sometimes.

I suggest you post over at forum.pajeroclub.com.au for help.

Hi LyalltheCrocodile

Will not directly fix your problem but assist in finding it without blowing 100 fuses.

To save fuses on a fault condition (s/c) you replace the fuse with a 12v low wattage lamp. This will mean that the lamp will glow instead of the fuse blowing every time you press the pedal. Then go through a process of eliination by disconnecting things one at a time until you locate the problem.
When the fault is corrected then replace the fuse.

Redeye

Hi there... as an auto electrician, whenever we get a problem like yours, the trailer plug wiring (on the car) is always "faulty until proven otherwise".

It is always the first place to check.

Good luck.

MT

P.S. The test light cross the fuse holder is what we use.. light glows bright - short circuit!

thanks all, should have thought about the 12v light myself, being an electrician. anyway went out this morning disconnected the bumper lights (didnt realise it was so easy or would have done it earlier) reinstalled the fuse- so far so good. replaced the rt hand light-no problem, so disconnected the right hand light and connected the left hand one. again no problem connected everything back up and it's all working. Grrrr....i hate intermittent faults. anyway perhaps the connecters were dirty? but the fuse was going with such a 'pop' that it seems unlikely. anyway thanks for the help, see how long it stays working.

Well let me give you some adive after a very serious incident happened to me in my NH Paj,i keeped on having no brake lights so the fuse keeped blowing so keeped on replacing the fuse,well one day i was driving to work and smoke started caming out from behond the dash and i mean smoke could'nt see the windscreen from smoke,called the fire'es,could'nt turn the engine off,in the end it was becuase the trailer plug wiring drop on to the excaust and cooked it sending heat through to the dash and cooked every thing if you now what i mean very expensive,so my adive would be straight to an auto electrian,do.nt wait any longer or do'nt drive it.cheer's Sir GREENDOG

Has exactly the same problem on my NM - it took several trips to autoelectricians/mitsubishi before it was diagnosed as........a fault with the trailer wiring!

There are also some posts on pajero club forum which indicate that the fuse has been underspecced and some owners have replaced the existing fuse with the next rating up and solved the problem.