Before we get too deep in the diagnosis, I recall there are little green LED lights on top of the window switches. That is part of the interior lighting system. By far the most common thing that comes to mind are broken or frayed wires between the driver's door hinges. You might find a clue to this by observing the fuse no longer blows when you operate the windows with the driver's door open or part-way open.
I'd suggest opening up the boot and inspecting those wires first. If you find some that are frayed, I'll describe how I handled that at the dealership. If the wires look okay, I'm going to have you replace the blown fuse with a pair of generic spade terminals, then use a pair of small jumper wires to connect them to a small 12-volt light bulb. I like to use a 3057 tail light bulb because they're easy to connect to, but that will limit current to only one amp. That's not enough to run the window motors. You might have better luck using a head light bulb. That will allow five amps to flow. The windows will run slowly, but that's not what we're after. You're going to find the bulb turns on less than full brightness when you try to run a window. When you do something that causes the short to occur, the bulb will be full brightness. That shows the short is acting up, but you won't be wasting dozens of fuses.
If we find it necessary to use this troubleshooting trick, I'll post a diagram that might explain it better.
Friday, May 8th, 2020 AT 7:47 PM
