after rear ended, several electronics died, gauges, power windows, blower motor, signal lights...

[crystal]

Hello! Can someone please help?!Yesterday my 2003 Pontiac Vibe was rear ended. The impact was minimal and there is a slight dent on the passenger side rear bumper now. But after that happened several electronics died in the car and I don't know where to start. The dash board lights and gauges stopped working. Only the check engine light, overdrive bypass button light and the head light light on the dash will go on. The signal lights no longer work. the power windows no longer operate. The power sunroof will not operate. The AC /Heater blower motor will not turn on. The day time running head lamps don't go on. But I can turn on the head lights manually. Head lights no longer will go on automatically. The radio still works. Does anyone know what would cause all those electronics to die at the same time? I would really appreciate any help you could give. Thanks!Crystal

[03vibedriver]

Have your battery checked.

[crystal]

I replaced the battery about a year ago. But I will have it checked anyway. Thanks for the suggestion.

[spiffy1001]

Have you checked the fuses? I know it is unlikely for all those fuses to blow at the same time - but adding the accident it is worth looking into.Keep in mind, it is your insurance companies job to fix this, so if you fix it yourself, bill them for your time. You may not get all you want, but you should get something.

[joatmon]

There is a 100 Amp fuse in the under hood fuse block that looks like it's common to all the things that don't work but not involved for the things that do still work. It's not the easiest fuse to replace , it's bolted in to the fuse block- see johnsoax's posts on the second half of the first page of http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=16307.No idea why a minor collision would break that fuse. One concern would be that there is a pinched wire somewhere , but I don't know where it would have to be to blow that fuse and not any of the ones between that fuse and the wires going to the rear end of the car. Maybe the impact affected the alternator. If you were rear-ended, then almost always the person that hit you is at fault, and their insurance should pay for the repairs. If that is an option, and you can spare the car long enough to have a shop fix it, then that might be the best route to take.However you get it fixed, please let us know what was broken, and what it took to fix it. Sorry to hear about the troubles. Glad it was a minor accident, and that you weren't hurt.

[crystal]

Thank you for all of the suggestions. I have to tell you that the accident was completely my fault. I backed into someone, so I will not be claiming this under insurance, unless it is going to cost A LOT to fix it. So I am looking for a way to fix it myself. I will check the fuse you mentioned. Thanks!! Please post more suggestions if you have them.

[crystal]

Hello, joatmon, I took out the blue 100 Amp fuse thats in the fuse box under the hood. What a pain that was. And the fuse is good. It reads 0.0 ohms on my multimeter. Any more ideas? Thanks!

[crystal]

Ok I just fixed it. It was a blown 10Amp fuse under the steering column. The cover said its for 'Gauge'. Everything in the car works now. I'm not sure why that fuse broke so many things, but now it's fixed. Yay.

[joatmon]

I didn't know the gauge fuse would affect so many things, sorry for putting you through the extra work of pulling that 100A on. Glad you got it fixed and for low cost, and for figuring it out.