Pioneer

'05. Tacoma V6
I smoked my 140 amp alternator fuse.
Absolutely no idea why or how.
It also smoked the 10 amp etcs and the 30 amp abs2 got all that fixed. Got the truck fired up and now the radio isn't working. It's got a pioneer double DIN with a reverse camera
Any help would truly be appreciated

 

something grounded. you need to find out what! start checking wiring

 

Oh, okay.
I've been driving it for the past 2 days with no issues. Just don't have a reverse camera or radio

 

well for it to blow those fuses, something went to ground. Could be the radio or if you have an external amp, that. I would suspect the back up cam is hooked into the radio, so I would look at the radio power feed as the culprit first.

 

Thank you very much sir. I appreciate your time and help

 

Typically the only time the ALT fuse will blow is if someone hooks jumper cables or the battery up backwards or the alternator shorts out

 

I've been driving it for about an hour. Pulled into a parking spot. Turned it off.
that's when it happened

 

Just out of curiosity, why didn't it smoke anything else?

 

Not sure, gotta have a pretty serious short to blow the ALT fuse though. Might give the main cables between the battery, fuse box, and engine a good look for any places it may be rubbing on something metal.

 

Thank you, I will.
I've never had anything like this happen before so it's all very new to me

 

I remember something somewhere that had a fuse in the back of the unit. Maybe check there too?

 

A wise idea that most overlook. OP, what model# Pioneer?

 

thats exactly what fuses are for, to stop other things from getting smoked. Look on your battery cables for any "other" cables attached, or take a picture of it and post it. Something doesnt add up, something BIG went to ground I think...