I had an issue on my old MY07 where the glovebox switch (its actually a small module) died and wouldn't open either glovebox on demand, but then the top box would randomly open. It also caused a battery drain on the car, it was an easy fix once I managed to source a replacement switch - a bit more difficult 5 years ago as not many were being broken!
I had no fuse issues and there was no reason as such for the switch to fail it just simply died one day.
As for it blowing fuses it could well be damaged internally - I would expect the actuators to be more resilient than the switch so I would buy one and try it I would imagine they are fairly inexpensive these days. 2005 E60 M5
2017 L405 5.0 AB
2024 i7 xDrive60
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2006 (MY07) L322 4.2 S/C, 2004 L322 4.4 Vogue, 2002 L322 4.4 HSE, 2006 (MY07) L322 S/C , 2001 P38 Vogue, 1999 P38 4.6 HSE.
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