Consult your owner s manual or a service manual to find the location of your fuel pump relay.
How to check if fuel pump relay is bad.
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Your car s fuel pump relay may be able to supply enough power to the vehicle to allow you to drive it.
Pull it out and inspect it for signs of failure.
A car s fuel pump relay turns on the fuel pump when the motor runs.
Testing the relay of a fuel pump is relatively simple as it does not have many parts.
When a relay is defective it is usually because of a bad coil or bad connection.
If the fuse is blown it will be broken or burned.
Check the fuel pump fuse.
Check in your owner s manual for the location of the fuse box then find the fuse that corresponds to the fuel pump.
If the fuel pump relay has an issue while the vehicle is operating it will cut off power to the fuel pump which will cause the engine to stall.
Pull the relay straight out from the fuse box to remove it.
Often it s not the pump itself that fails to function but the power that supplies it.
When either of these begin failing the current to the electrical circuit will be also fail.
If you can t find the fuel pump relay check your vehicle s manual to see if it lists the location.
If your car starts to slow down while you are driving it may be a sign of a bad fuel relay.
A faulty relay may allow the vehicle to be.
Grab the relay firmly on either side and pull it straight up and out from the terminals of the fuse box.
To check both operations remove the relay by pulling it out of its socket.