We highly recommend this fuse bypass switch if you need to deactivate a fuse when you flat tow. It's a huge pain to pull the fuse by hand every time, and you risk losing or damaging it. With this kit, you just have to flip a switch.
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Note: Consult your owner's manual to determine which fuse to pull.
Technically, it is optional, but if you need to pull a fuse on your vehicle when you flat tow, this kit will make your life so much easier. Instead of wedging yourself down on the floorboard and fishing a tiny fuse out from under your dashboard every time you flat tow (not to mention putting it back again), you can just flip a switch. No dead battery, no lost fuse, no damaged fuse, no back pain.
When the switch is in the drive position, the fuse will be active and your car will function normally. When you're ready to flat tow, you'll flip the switch to the tow setting and deactivate the fuse. This allows you to tow your vehicle without the battery draining.
Installing this fuse bypass switch really only takes a few steps:
1. Open the fuse access panel and remove the designated fuse
2. Connect the end of the wiring harness to the fuse socket
3. Mount the switch in your dashboard
4. Insert the pulled fuse into the fuse holder
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2011 Chevrolet HHR we're going to be showing you to how to install the blue ox fuse bypass switch for towed vehicle. Excepting the ATM mini fuse and ten inches long, part number is bx88271. The blue ox fuse bypass is going to be an excellent solution for those vehicles where fuses need to be removed for it to go into tow mode. Essentially what we're going to do is just replace that fuse into the fuse bypass. Then when we turn our switch in the down position it would be just like pulling that fuse out of the power block. That's going to allow us to go into tow mode without pulling this whole panel off trying to figure out which fuse it is and pull it out.
Now, when we're ready to unhook our vehicle and go back into drive mode, by flipping our switch into the other position, that's going to be just like plugging that fuse back in. We're going right from our tow mode right into our drive mode without every having to fumble with those fuses. In some cases you could have two or three or four fuses that needed to be taken care of. These can easily be just stacked up one right on top of the other. Flip them all into drive mode. Flip them all into tow mode.
It's a very good and quick solution for those fuse pulling issues. What we're going to do is pop out this panel. We're actually going to be using a bypass which will basically just be a switch that we can flip, when we want to go from tow mode to non two mode. What we're looking for is the number eight fuse. From the top right corner it's the third one down.
It's going to be a small key lamp fuse, ignition switch, pass key three plus. That's our area. Fuse number eight. Let's get that guy pulled out of there and set that fuse aside, get our fuse bypass. I'm going to pull the connectors right here off this back side of it. You need to take the nut off the back.
Then we want this to pass through our panel here in a safe area. What I mean by safe area is we certainly don't want it to go in and hit anything. We don't want it to take any of the information off of our door. It looks like in this area would be a good spot. It really doesn't have much going on behind it. Look right in there. It should be a pretty good location. Take a three quarter inch hole saw and we'll want to cut that out. We'll get out switch threaded in or pushed in. Whatever works for you. Then on the backside let's thread our nut on there. We don't need a tremendous amount of force on here. Just torque it down enough to where it gets a good hold. Plug our connectors back in. Our two amp fuse is going to go in the holder that's on the bypass here. Pop the cover on there and then we need these to go in where the fuse came out. Again, needle nose will come in handy here. All right. Now we always want to just coil that and we can put our panel back in place. With our switch working as it should that's going to complete the installation of the blue ox fuse bypass switch, part number bx88271, on our 2011 Chevrolet HHR.
Just what I ask for.
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