Accidentally shorted wrong pins 

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Accidentally shorted wrong pins 

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Car is a vs calais l67

Hi guys was checking for error codes and while I was shorting the  two pins the other side of the wire I was using touched the pin on the lower right side of the plug. It sparked and blew the wire apart. 

Now my dash and lights are playing games. For example my ac turns on without the screen lighting up and when I use my fog lights it switches on and off. Another thing is my cluster doesn't light up and a few other things. 

I tried leaving the battery disconnected overnight didn't help. 
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I assume the is the 16 pin plug under the steering ?? What are the pin numbers that touched ??
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check engine fuse and abs.
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Yep pin number 5 and 16. I will check the engine and abs and other fuses. Thanks
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5 and 16 is ground and +12v, so yeah I'd be checking fuses!
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I checked some of the fuses when it happened not all but i found it was fuse no.1 [Parking Lamps, Trip computer, Pwr Antenna]. Thanks guys :thumbup:

By the way ive been meaning to register and fiddle around with some of these programs but because i dont have a laptop never bought a cable. Where do i find the guy who sells the aldl cables? since the new site layout i cant find the thread.

Any threads i should read up on link me up guys. hopefully i can make some improvements to my car :D
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