strange wiring in footwell fuse panel - what is this?

[riffman12]

Hey all

my new to me 100 series has an aftermarket deck, amp, and exterior cameras.

while replacing the steering tilt motor yesterday I noticed some shenanigans going on in the fuse box by the driver footwell. It looks like a wire got spliced into a fuse? I've never seen a setup like this before where there are two small fuses in the wire.

It's worth noting that this wire wasn't plugged in when I found it. Does anyone know what this might be?

 

[riffman12]

Bump. Anyone know what this is? Is it factory? Should it be plugged in?

 

[Kamran Khan]

Not factory, it’s called a fuse tap. Maybe the previous owner installed something aftermarket and powered it up using fuse tap. Follow the red wire and check where it ends at?

 

[Land Shark]

maybe an aftermarket alarm or remote start

 

[Zuberg]

those are 'add a fuse' taps. Not OEM as mentioned above. trace the wires to see what they power.

 

[riffman12]

ah ok that makes sense.

My other concern is - what fuse did this take the place of? If it's not plugged in, isn't there a factory fuse slot that is not functioning?

I'll try and trace the wire.

 

[Zuberg]

That fuse block has some open/unused slots from factory.

 

[hoser]

Your fuse tap has two fuses. One is for the original "tapped" circuit. The 2nd one is for the added circuit.

 

[Zuberg]

Ran out and took a picture of my 06 fuse block. Looks like your missing fuse would be for AHC (but you probably don't have that).

Your fuse block could be different i suppose but the lid should lay out what should be there (if anything).

 

[riffman12]

Ran out and took a picture of my 06 fuse block. Looks like your missing fuse would be for AHC (but you probably don't have that).

Your fuse block could be different i suppose but the lid should lay out what should be there (if anything).

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awesome thanks! Yes my 06 is no AHC no Nav so I'm probably missing a few.

Time to go and trace back that wire

 

[hoser]

If using the fuse tap on the unused AHC circuit, the AHC circuit will now be energized. Probably doesn't matter but just know it is.