dash lights and tail lights wont come on

[stil bil]

title says it all...

when i turn on the lights the dash lights dont come on, and neigher do the tail lights...

but when i mash the brakes the tail lights come on(brake lights)

and the reverse lights do work...

whats wrong?

[blaqsilvia]

you shorted a fuse prolly.. i've done it before.. its gonna be something like parking lights or rear back up lights.. Its definitly a fuse though.. !

:!:

[stil bil]

is the fuse for the lights going to be in the fuse box under the steering wheel of in another location?

[blaqsilvia]

The fuse will be down under your steering wheel- rite by your left foot.. not hard to find - and there's a chart when you look on the back of the cover.. wait- thats for s14.. if you have an s13.. I'm not sure where it is - but it should be in the same area.. &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/notify.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':notify:'>

[stil bil]

well i just checked that box and saw nothing about any lights...


and how the heck do i tell if i have a s14 or s13?

[stil bil]

ok....looked harder and founf the fuse i was lookingh for and it was blown...so i replaced it with anothere 10a fuse-blew it
tried a 15-blew it too, tried a 20, hell it blew that too



now i just finished installing my radio, could there be a problem with some of the wiring, because i dont have any dash lights either...

[stil bil]

bump!

[240sxspeedracer1]

when a fuse keeps blowing, then its safe to say that there is a short somewhere in your wiring. &nbsp;I had the EXACT same problem, dash lights and tail lights didnt come on, actuall, my sidemarkers didnt come on either, but anyway, I took it to an electrical shop to have my problem fixed and they charged me a miniscule 90 bucks. &nbsp;Unfortunately I have no clue with fu$king with the wiring, so I used the lazy man's method, paid somebody else.

[shinigami24]

i'm having a light problem too, my brake light won't go off, i turn the lights on and off but the brake lights stay on, anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

[blaqsilvia]

ok- I do alot of electrical stuff on my car.. tell me what you have done recently before this problem started... I might just be able to tell you what your problem is and whether or not you can fix it or not.. ok? cool &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[hotdogg]

I had the exact same problem about a month ago. &nbsp;It ended up being the wiring for my license plate lights. &nbsp;you might want to check there, but it sounds like it is from your stereo install.

[stil bil]

yeah i bet it is from the install but im not sure where to even begin to look for the problem


i recently installes my cdplayer and eq and rap all the wires to the trunk for my amps

[SR20DET S14]

did u do ur own stereo install? if yea go bitch at them, if not, just go back thru the wiring n see if anything is shorting out. i had the same problem but i later found out it was my side marker positive wire touching the body of the car. try looking at any wires around the battery and move ur way to the radio area. somethings gotta come up wrong there.
good luck

[shady]

i had the same problem and i replaced the whole head light and turn signal switch unit on the steering wheel it fixed the problem.