Comments like this make the effort worthwhile! For me too, the car was dead - about the only thing that worked was the headlights. I put a question on the French car forum, and it took a day to get a response. I was told it seemed like a maxi-fuse - but it still took a while to figure out where they are. Clearly, there was a need for a video! There are two 30A fuses in series - the maxi-fuse and another one under the dashboard (which is much easier to change). I replaced the maxi fuse with a 40A so that if it goes again, it's more likely to blow the get-attable one.

Hi Laszlo, this is the sort of comment that makes it all worthwhile. It's good to know I made a difference to somebody. I wish you a good Christmas too - I just hope you're not spending the cold weather changing fuses!

Thank you very much

Glad my video helped you. You probably had two thoughts that I certainly had - 1. What a crazy place to put fuses - where they can't be seen! 2. What a crazy design - to put two 30A fuses in series - so the maxi-fuse is as likely to blow as the one in the car. And one of them is in this god-awful place! To Citroen design team : b'en, chapeau, alors, les gars! I put a 40A maxi-fuse in, so the little one in the car would be likely to blow first.

hi I can't find the f19 fuse for rear fog light on me citroen xsara Picasso 1.6 hdi 2006

It's mind-bending how they came up with that "feature" in the design of this car! They obviously didn't want anybody to find out where the maxi-fuses were! It sounds like you may have blown the same fuse as I did. My whole dashboard was out, though the headlights still worked - but the starter did not. The car was bafflingly *_dead._* Mine was a 30A fuse, in series with another 30A fuse inside the car, so because the Maxi-fuses are so hard to get at, I replaced that one with a 40A fuse, so if it should blow again, the one inside the car would go first. I still have no idea what caused my fuse to blow. I had a satnav and a dash-cam plugged into a double-USB adapter in the cigarett-lighter socket, so I guess it was something to do with that - but it must have been a short circuit in the wires. Neither of those things draws anything like the 30A that it took to blow the fuse.

Le plaisir, Anissa, est entirement a moi.

I'm glad it helped you.

Colin, I made this film because I had spent so much time looking for the maxi-fuses that when I eventually found them, I thought it would be worth letting other people know. Their location really isn't obvious. However, I'm by no means an expert on the Picasso - though bit by bit, I'm learning. I know how to change a timing belt, but I'm afraid I don't know where the fuel pump relay is. When I have had questions, I have gone to two forums for answers, and they have been pretty good - www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum www.citroenpicasso.org.uk/picasso Best of luck to you.

James, I made this film because I had spent so much time looking for the maxi-fuses that when I eventually found them, I thought it would be worth letting other people know. Their location really isn't obvious. However, I'm by no means an expert on the Picasso - though bit by bit, I'm learning. I know how to change a timing belt, but I don't know what all the maxi-fuses are for. My fault was that the car was totally disabled. There was no click from the starter solenoid when I turned the key, no lights on the dashboard, though the lights still worked and the doors locked. From my description, two people on the Picasso forum said it seemed like a maxi-fuse problem - though it still took a while for me to find them. I just couldn't believe that a car manufacturer would hide fuses away like that. My impression is that if a maxi-fuse is blown, you will have problems with more than just your back lights - but get the advice of somebody more expert than I. When I have had questions, I have gone to two forums for answers, and they have been pretty good - www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum www.citroenpicasso.org.uk/picasso Maybe somebody there can help you.

I don't know what all the maxi-fuses do. On my car, I plugged something into the cigrarette lighter, and after that, the car was DEAD! No starter, no ignition. Fortunately, it happened at my house, not somewhere far from home. I made enquiries and some people told me it seemed like a maxi-fuse, and it took me some time to figure out where they are, so when I did, I made a video about it. There are 8 maxi-fuses in my car, but I don't know their individual functions. I hope I will never need to find out! I don't know how they work, but here's what I *_think_* - I think they probably control circuits which contain other fuses. So, for example, you might get a maxi-fuse in a circuit that controls several devices, like this... 12V---- maxi-fuse ----+---- subordinate fuse----- device 1 +---- subordinate fuse----- device 2 +---- subordinate fuse----- device 3 If one of the devices draws too much current, its fuse will blow, but the maxi-fuse is put there as an added security. I just wish they would put them in some more obvious place! Also, in my case, I had a 30A maxi fuse driving a circuit with another 30A fuse in it, so the maxi fuse would be as likely to blow as the subordinate fuse. I changed the maxi fuse to 40A

Gustavo, I replied a week ago, but the reply was not in the right place. I hope you found it anyway. I'm putting it as a response to your question now. In response to your query, I'm sorry but I don't know. There are two fuse boxes in the car. One is in the passenger cabin, under the dashboard on the right hand side, and the other one is as shown in my video - but the layout of the fuses is different according to the exact model of your car. I recommend looking in the handbook that came with your car. It gives the locations of the fuses for your particular car. Good luck!

@@DownhillAllTheWay thanks so much for u respond, do u haver reason a i will search handbook peugeot 406, thanks happy cristmas and helthly new year!! regards

Mine is a Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 HDi , so they may be different - it started with a problem in the cigarette lighter 12V socket. The symptom was : No engine, even the starter did not turn - no dashboard lights - but the battery was OK because the headlights still worked. I went to the Citroen forums www.citroenpicasso.org.uk/picasso/ ...and... www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum ... and described my problem. I was told that it was probably a "Maxi-fuse". The location of the maxi-fuses is not obvious - why would any manufacturer hide fuses in such an inaccessible place? It took me a long time to find them. There was no video on KZfaq about them, so I made this one. Have you checked your maxi-fuses? In my case, the maxi-fuse was a 30A fuse - and it was in series with another 30A fuse inside the car, so current to the 12V socket passes through both fuses. I replaced the maxi-fuse with a 40A one, so that if it blew again, the one inside the car would blow first, and it is much easier to change.

Buenas donde está la caja de fusibles del motor alado hay 3 enchufes es de hay nueve los enchufes y verás que vuelve ala vida

Glad to have saved you some trouble, Paul.

paul worth - As a matter of interest (and future reference), which fuse did you need to change, and what were the symptoms of it blowing? In my case, it was the 30A fuse indicated in the vid - which is in series with another 30A fuse below the steering wheel (right-hand drive), so I changed the maxi-fuse for a 40A one so the one in the cabin would tend to blow first - but blowing the maxi fuse completely killed the car. Almost nothing would work.

Rose, I'm sorry, I have no idea. Best thing is to have a look see if the fuse box is in the same place, and if it is, then I'd say the maxi fuses are likely to be in the same place. I'm a Citroen owner, and I have learned a few things about it - how to change a rear brake caliper, how to change a cam belt, how to change a steering pump (and why it may not be necessary, depending on the fault symptoms) - and how to get at the maxi-fuses - but I'm not a mechanic per se. If you fix your problem, come back and tell us about it. All this stuff can help somebody.

I'm not a general mechanic, so I don't know about lots of cars. I have learned several things about my car, but your car is not the same, so I can't advise on it. Different models have different layouts, so I recommend looking in the handbook that came with your car. What I tell you is that on my car, a fuse blew because of an overload on the cigarette lighter socket. There are two 30A fuses in series on that line - one under the dashboard in the passenger compartment, and one in the engine compartment. It was the one in the passenger compartment that blew, but the same current was capable of blowing the one in the engine compartment - and after I replaced the first one, the other one blew, and that was the "Maxi fuse" - and it killed the car. Almost nothing would work. The headlights still worked, but nothing on the dashboard, and the starter did not turn. When I replaced the maxi-fuse, I used a 40A fuse so that the one in the passenger compartment would blow first if I ever had the problem again. Find out where the maxi fuses are in your car, and check them all - there are about 8 or 10 of them.

Sorry, you did not describe the symptoms of your electronic problem. Please note that I am not a Citroen technician. I had a problem, and when I asked about it on "French Car Forum", they said it was a Maxi-fuse. Maxi fuses are difficult to find, so when I discovered where they are, I made this video. But I'm not an expert. Give all possible information about your problem on the French Car Forum. Describe it as exactly as possible. frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 People there are very helpful.

There are several different layouts of the fuses for the Picasso. Look in the handbook that you got with the car - it shows the layout for your car.

Well I haven't had replies from that many (thankfully!), but as you see from the comments, it seems to have helped some. I made thwe vid because I also had a struggle to find the maxi-fuses. They seem to have been deliberately hidden away. Right now, I'm trying to find the timer that decides whether the push on the window winder button was a short one (less than half a second) or a long one. I have a case opened with the French Car Forum, and I'll update that if I ever find it. ATM, it takes 15 pushes to get the window all the way down or all the way up.

@@DownhillAllTheWay I think I need to join them too. There are different variations of picasso and hardly any are the same as this one. I'm looking now for possible coolant leak. It's a brilliant car and if I get another it will be the same car lol.

I discovered the Maxi fuses when my car died almost completely. The headlights still worked, so I knew the battery was OK, but the engine wpouold not turn. I was told by people online that it seemed like a Maxi-fuse problem, so I started making enquiries about where they are. There are two sets of fuses - one in the dashboard, and one where I show in the video. In my case, my advisers were correct - it was a Maxi-fuse. I replaced it, and I have never had any trouble since then. The car is 17 years old, and still giving me good service.

The battery in the Picasso is under the passenger's seat (in the RHD version), and as you have to remove the seat to get at it, I didn't bother. However, if you want to do so, then do it.

In mine, all you do is tilt the seat, You don't have to remove it, The trouble with having a live cable is, it touching ground, but as you say, It's down to choice

What am I supposed to answer to that?!