OK, 2003 Tribute here, working fine, except just today the radio, dome lamps, and the electric door locks stopped working. Some fuse, right? I checked BTN2 in the power distribution box, which the manual says is for both radio, dome lamps and power locks and ... it's good. Checked Both #12 and #26 in the passenger compartment fuse panel, which are supposed to be, respectively, for radio and power door lock motors, and they are both good. So, WTF is going on? Is there some other fuse that runs these things?

 

This here says it ports through the acc relay , got a multi-meter?

 

Well, if the ACC relay were kaput, wouldn't that mean that I couldn't start the car? I can.

 

Well doug , 1st i never even implied the relay was no good , you asked what else could there be and the power goes also via the relay so

You never bothered to mention whether you had a multi-meter , and i gather you checked the fuses just by looking at them in which also you never mentioned so

Take it to a electrician that "Knows" what they are doing ! , repeat , they will be educated , i'm out of this one now .

 

I didn't bother to mention that I have a multimeter because that had nothing to do with what the problem was. I have plenty of multimeters. You implied the ACC relay was a problem. I answered that if the ACC was a problem, there would be other problems. Yes, I need to ask someone educated.

As it turns out, #27 was blown, and keeps blowing when I replace it. I have a short somewhere.