Versa Radio Blows Fuses

[brianknorris]

** Updated - 30 1700HRS Jan 12

I keep blowing my radio fuse.... Third time in 24 hours. I have OEM rockford fosgate stereo. It rarely goes above #15
Also, side note, I have a remote starter in the car - it was installed through nissan when I purchased the car new - it now has 80K km (or 50k mi) It is a bit flakey due to an intermittent problem with the neutral safety switch other than that it is stock with no modifications
Symptoms:

Occurrence # 1
Worked on the way to work, when I went to come home turned on the car and no radio / clock / bluetooth. I hit the power button and nothing.

I have no bluetooth light on or radio display so to me that indicated no power to the unit.

So some troubleshooting led me to the fuse panel under hood and I thought problem solved


Occurrence #2
I went to get fuel this morning, and listened to radio on the way there, and when I started the car after the fill up no radio again.

Occurrence #3

I turned the car to accessories on, while radio was powered off. Clock was displaying. When I powered up radio heard a thump from the subwoofer in the trunk and then radio shut down.


Thump from sub seems to be occurring since it happened originally even if it doesn't blow the fuse on that exact occasion, I just omitted it, but since it is a symptom I should have put it out there.


Has anyone had similar problems, maybe provide some insight for a newbie?

Thoughts?

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Do you know what circuit the dealership tied into for the remote starter? If they put it on the same circuit as the radio, it could be drawing just enough extra power to blow the fuse every now and then. If possible, see if you can temporarily disconnect it for a period of time to see if your radio fuse stays good.