[msbmustang]

I feel quite stupid asking such a simple question but I can't get the fuse box on the passenger side outside lower foot area open. I pulled the panel cover off and there is a small horizontal plastic box there but there does not seem to be a latch to open it? I am a very big guy and it is very difficult to get down there to even look at the box. I even considered taking out the front passenger seat so I could get a better look at it but decided it would be easier to take it in for warranty than doing all that. Read the manual but it was no help. The 12VDC outlet inside my center console is not working and I think it must be the fuse. Of course the manual does not say which fuse it is even if I get the box open!!! Very frustrated over such a simple thing! Especially after spending 5 hours taking out the center console, dashboard panels and instrument panel to track down a vibration problem. By the way if anyone is interested all the plastic panels connected to the dash and the center console need damping material applied to get rid of most of the vibration noises BUT the main display has an internal “Spring Like” vibration noise that occurs under hard acceleration or bumps that cannot be fixed with damping material. I removed the display, unplugged it and if you gently hit it the entire display makes a very loud ringing/pinging noise. I shock mounted the entire display with EAR damping material and that helps a lot but if you hit the dash hard you can still hear a ringing sound coming out of the instrument panel. AND after all that I can’t get the #%&*#@$ interior fuse box open!!!

Sometimes the simple things are harder to get done than the difficult ones!!!

Thanks,

Mark/MSB Mustang

[2007 GT/CS]

Originally Posted by msbmustang

I feel quite stupid asking such a simple question but I can't get the fuse box on the passenger side outside lower foot area open. I pulled the panel cover off and there is a small horizontal plastic box there but there does not seem to be a latch to open it? I am a very big guy and it is very difficult to get down there to even look at the box. I even considered taking out the front passenger seat so I could get a better look at it but decided it would be easier to take it in for warranty than doing all that. Read the manual but it was no help. The 12VDC outlet inside my center console is not working and I think it must be the fuse. Of course the manual does not say which fuse it is even if I get the box open!!! Very frustrated over such a simple thing! Especially after spending 5 hours taking out the center console, dashboard panels and instrument panel to track down a vibration problem. By the way if anyone is interested all the plastic panels connected to the dash and the center console need damping material applied to get rid of most of the vibration noises BUT the main display has an internal “Spring Like” vibration noise that occurs under hard acceleration or bumps that cannot be fixed with damping material. I removed the display, unplugged it and if you gently hit it the entire display makes a very loud ringing/pinging noise. I shock mounted the entire display with EAR damping material and that helps a lot but if you hit the dash hard you can still hear a ringing sound coming out of the instrument panel. AND after all that I can’t get the #%&*#@$ interior fuse box open!!!

Sometimes the simple things are harder to get done than the difficult ones!!!

Thanks,

Mark/MSB Mustang

It is now midnight and I'm finishing wiring my sequential tail lights. I had EXACTLY the same problem -- could not figure out how to get the stupid f*cking internal fuse cover off.

So, I pulled the door sill trim plate (pops off), then the passenger side kickplate, THEN I could see how you get the cover off. How FMC would expect someone on a dark and stormy night with a flashlight to figure this out in an emergency escapes me <rant off>.

The cover is rectangular and is fastened at the front AND rear with big plastic ears/clips which slip over the male ends molded into the base. Theoretically it would be possble to slip your tiny, tiny fingers on to both ends and pop it off.

Well, there you have it. If you can't get it, do what I did and pull the kick plate.

Good luck, bro.