I had a blown # 20 mini fuse for the cigar lighter under the foot well panel in the interior on the passenger side 2005 Vert.

I was able to remove the fuse box cover that is covering this set of fuses that includes this cigar fuse by releasing the cover's bottom clip first then the top clip and somewhat forcing it off.

BUT...was is the trick to reinstall this cover?

A major wiring component connector blue in color (I am guessing it is a main computer harness) is in the way preventing getting the cover alignment to re-clip/ attach. I do not clearly see how this harness connector disconnects either.

Are techs just leaving the cover off?

Also I could not find any advice in the service manual.

Any help?

 

maybe they made the area there a little different than my 2011 GS. my connector only gets slightly in the way. actually getting the cover off is a little tricky and putting it back on isnt bad at all.
this cover for fuse i assume is the one circled in red. does this look some different than your area?


top and bottom click both unclipped and lil box cover ready to be removed


removed


ready to snap on, holding it in place with my finger, ready for both bottom and top clip to snap


on


they must have moved it or you would find it just as easy i would think. i notice in the pics, a screw above the box cover, would that loosen the blue connector for moving it out of the way?

 

Thanks for the pic Dave.."a pic worth a 1000 words."

Exactly what I am writing about.

Looks like they moved it down 1/4 inch for your 2011 Vette.
The top of the fuse box cover is "pinned" by that blue connector on my 2005 Vette.

I did not see the screw you pointed out. (Guess I am in the Vette ownership demographics..haha).

I will welcome more replies from other co-members and have another look later today or tomorrow.

Again thanks Dave!

P.S. Anyone know...what is that blue connector is for? BCM, Airbag etc?

 

Epic, you still have the covers on the two sub fuse boxes to being with!!!!!


The Blue connector is for the BCM, and if you need to remove it to get the side cover back on, the grey lever has to be un-clipped and cam'd upwards to unlock the connector for the BCM socket. Once the connector/wire loom is out of the way, the fuse cover will pull right off since it just held on via the spring clips.

As for before you remove the connector from the BCM, disconnect the negative battery terminal from the battery to kill the power to the car/BCM.
Note, just loosen the 10mm nut a few turns/just enough to twist and remove the connector from the battery. If your remove the 10mm bolt, you chance loosing the bottom nut that is not GM replaceable in itself.

As for one you are done and have replace the new fuse, reconnect the negative battery terminal cable to the battery, and you will need to rest the time on the clock and reindex the windows.

Car in ACC mode,
On the windows, pull the window button to roll each window up and hold the button for about three seconds once the window is all the way up, release the button, then pull to roll the window up again and hold it again for three seconds more per window. If you listen closely, you will hear a light click in each door as each window re-indexes.

On the radio, The quick way to set the time, just push and hold the min and hour button together for about 3 seconds until the radio flashes to reset the time. now just push and hold the min and hour buttons for about three seconds again, and the radio will set to local RDS time.



But this brings up the next question, and how much slack do you have in the blue connector wire loom to begin with?
If you have no slack to push the wires to the side, then this can be a bad thing later on. Hence with no slack in the wires, someone pressing hard on the passenger floor carpet with their feet can cause the the blue connector to slightly become unplugged/wires pulled loose from the connector.

So on that note, maybe a good thing to pop the connector off the BCM, and work back in the wiring harness loom so there is some slack on the Blue connectors wires when its plugged back into the BCM.

 

Solved.

Again Dano...well written.

In my case, I did not disconnect the BCM connector or the bolt pointed out by Dave.
Wiring did not seem loose or tight and any passenger foot pressure on the cover I don't believe will be an issue in the future.

I think the real issue was that the cover has a top and bottom and I was installing in the incorrect orientation....look for a little slot on the top side of the cover.

Once that was figured out...it was force....although minor force.
Pushing the right side sill plastic interior cover and pushing the left side plastic grey wire retainer on the BCM wiring allowed the fuse box cover to set in place correctly.

It's never easy anymore...thanks all.

 

awesome!!

i took those pics last night in the garage , with a flashlight.. i never thought about looking to see if the cover had a top and bottom!!

learned something here!!!

 

No worries on my part, since my covers have been a box in the garage for a long time now.

Hence when you have to chase a blown fuse at dark thirty with your phone as the flash light using one hand out in the middle of no mans land, it not like your going to take the time to put them back on there. Plus after having to struggle to get them off one handed to begin with, better reason to leave them off too.

God knows that just above every time you go to pull the center console and have to un-clip the cigarette lighter connector, its a 50/50 chance that you going to end up blown the fuse. Throw in blowing the fuse with an air pump few times as well, and I stand in my believes that the fuse covers are best just left in the box they are currently residing in now.