Kenny321 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Hi all, you probably think this a very stupid question but I cannot find the passenger side fuse box in my RHD UK 2022 Ecosport ST-line motor. It is supposed to be behind the glove box but I have totally removed this, and the pull out box above and there is no fuse box visible - just a big empty void! I shone a torch all around the cavity and used a mirror but it is not there. The Ford manual shows a vey poor illustration of arrows saying how to remove the glove box which I have done. (I downloaded the online handbook for my model). I wanted to hard wire my dashcam to this fuse box. Does anyone have any ideas (photos please!) where this fuse box is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 The fusebox is partly below and behind the bottom of the Glovebox, behind the plastic cover and the floor carpet. Do not remove the glovebox. Working in the passenger footwell reach up and remove the plastic panel which will possibly be partly obscured by the floor carpet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 Many thanks Unofix, I saw that picture before but directly under my glovebox did not look the same and I could not pull off any panel. I will try pulling up the carpet later and looking behind that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 There seems to be a problem with details about the fusebox location on the 2020 to 2023 models. The videos online still show it in the same place as a 2010 model 🙁 Can you post a few photos of the area behind the bottom of the glovebox? and maybe I can offer some guidance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 Hi Unofix, I agree something is wrong with the stock photos. I had another look and there is a plastic panel underneath my glovebox with a large popper horizontally fitted and another vertically fitted, nothing like the pic you showed me. Despite my best efforts i could not release either popper. I could not even pull up the carpet there as it seem to go up behind the dash a bit. Weather is bad at the mo so i was trying from inside the car. When the weather improves i will get down on my knees outside the car and see if i can prise off these poppers. I am a bit reluctant to try too much force as i know these things break easily. I can’t believe it is so hard to get to a fuse box! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Kenny321 said: i will get down on my knees outside the car and see if i can prise off these poppers. Generally, but not always , if the poppers are yellow then you squeeze the sides and then pull. If the poppers are grey/black then they rotate 90 degrees and pull off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 No, these poppers are large (1inch dia) and flat and grey. There is no way to rotate them, looks like the only way to get them out is a screwdriver under the edges. I could not remove them with my fingernails. Unless a i am looking at the wrong poppers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 I braved the weather..here are a couple of pics of the underside of my glovebox… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Well the good news is that is the correct panel you need to remove and the fusebox is just behind it 😀 You do remove those plastic studs with a large flat blade screwdriver just under the edge and they will just pop out. If you look carefully at them you should find a small grove in the edge for the screwdriver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 That seems like a terrible idea for fuse access. Should be easily accessible in an emergency without the need for additional tools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 Crazy thing too, in the upper aperture ABOVE the glove box there is a symbol of a fuse box as if it is just behind that. Totally misleading! The poppers I will have to use a screwdriver on to remove require a contortionist to see one as it is underneath the glove box. Can’t be done while sitting in the car. I had to get down on my knees outside the car just to take the photo. This is my first Ford…My old Honda, I just pulled down a flap…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 .....remove those plastic studs with a large flat blade screwdriver just under the edge and they will just pop out.... Haha, why is life so difficult... I tried to 'pop them out' with a flat blade screwdriver but they would not move, just ended up bending the tops. Probably need a special tool to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 I finally managed to get these poppers out! I had to make a special tool using a very flat open ended spanner to force it behind the head of each popper once I had prosed it away a tiny bit with a screwdriver. One I had levered the popper out a couple of my, I then used an old bicycle tyre lever with the hook normally used to hook around the spokes, to finally get the poppers to release. This also involved using a mirror to see the poppers as the face downwards in the passenger footwell and a torch to see them. I also had to have the passenger door wide open and kneel on the kerb outside to finally remove the panel covering access to the fuse box. Then……..the fuse box is buried so far back in the wiring loom, I gave up my original plan to hard wire my dashcam to this fuse box! I’m going to buy a Victor Meldrew cap…’I simply don’t believe it’….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Damm autocorrect .. prosed = prised, my =mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, Kenny321 said: Damm autocorrect .. prosed = prised, my =mm. For future reference, you can edit your own posts using the 3 dots at the top right hand side of the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 Damm autocorrect .. prosed = prised, my =mm hmmmm all I see using the three dots is ‘REPORT and SHARE’, no edit? Anyway… I now see on the news that hardwiring your dashcam is classed as a modification and can invalidate your insurance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 23 minutes ago, Kenny321 said: hmmmm all I see using the three dots is ‘REPORT and SHARE’, no edit? Strange. Maybe there's a minimum post limit for the edit feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 8 hours ago, Kenny321 said: hmmmm all I see using the three dots is ‘REPORT and SHARE’, no edit? Edit is only available on your own post, but perhaps now it's a feature only available to FOC supporters ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd457 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Probably only available for a limited amount of time after making a post. Maybe there's no time limit for FOC supporters. Edit: Not a FOC supporter (sorry FOC), edit still available immediately after posting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 (edited) So much for insurance companies saying you can’t hardwire your dashcam….my plug in adaptor for my dashcam went faulty and shorted out ( too many extracts and insertions I guess). This took out both the 10amp fuse in the cigar lighter adaptor and the main 20amp fuse in the engine compartment. Easy easy I thought, until I pulled the fuse only to find it is unlike any I have ever seen before (Mcase micro apparently). Popped into my local Ford Stealer and was quoted £12 for single fuse!!!! Don’t keep any in stock as no one ever asks for them! so a long day trying Halfords, Eurocarparts, to be told never seen before! Why oh why did Fords change the most likely to blow fuse (cigar lighter/accessory socket to a type rarer than bats teeth? Edited May 19 by Kenny321 spelling error 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Thanks guys, I found how to edit posts, gotta be quick it seems… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Can buy those fuses on eBay if you can't find any locally. MCASE Micro Fuse 20amp 20 Amp 32V M CASE Durite 0-379-09 BLUE 2.9mm Terminals | eBay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Thanks Tom, hmmm what happened to the good old days when you were supplied with a spare bulb and fuse kit with your motor? Fords couldn’t/wouldn’t even tell me what type it was, just quoted me a long Ford part number. I found that eBay ad too but I thought I could buy one anywhere ha ha silly me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny321 Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Thanks Tom, hmmm what happened to the good old days when you were supplied with a spare bulb and fuse kit with your motor? Fords couldn’t/wouldn’t even tell me what type it was, just quoted me a long Ford part number. I found that eBay ad too but I thought I could buy one anywhere ha ha silly me. Why do Ford call this a circuit breaker? A fuse and circuit breaker both serve to protect an overloaded electrical circuit by interrupting the continuity, or the flow of electricity. How they interrupt the flow of electricity is very different, however. A fuse is made up of a piece of metal that melts when overheated; a circuit breaker has an internal switch mechanism that is tripped by an unsafe surge of electricity. Fuses tend to be quicker to interrupt the flow of power, but must be replaced after they melt, while circuit breakers can usually simply be reset. The £12 invoice my Ford Stealer showed me says ‘circuit beaker’ but it is blown and definitely cannot be reset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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