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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 01:15 AM
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Help!!!! Interior light and taillight went out!!!!!

I was driving home and hit a pot hole and my interior lights went out and the taillight light went out and the headlight symbol on the dash is gone and the parking light went out and lic plate light went out......but headlights and fog lights are still on.....checking through fuse box and I can't figure what going on..... Please
help!!!!!

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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 01:57 AM
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do you have a test light?

maybe a battery reset?

idk., sorry
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 02:02 AM
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I tested the tail light and they are fine.....I can't really test out the other lights because they only turn on when the headlights are on....what weird is the headlights are on but the symbol is displaying on the dash...
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 02:05 AM
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is your passenger seat in refresh mode?
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 02:07 AM
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nope..........
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 02:20 AM
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i think most likely u disconnected a wire. it must of been a pretty big pothole...

also..do you have any interior/exterior lighting mods that can possibly affect it?

im not car expert..but do you think the distributer has anything to do with it?
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 05:01 AM
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is your passenger seat in refresh mode?
Huh? I didn't know this could make a difference?
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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Peter, It sure sounds like a fuse to me. Check your fuses with a continuity (ohm) meter.
Poor connections on electrical mods are always suspect for blowing fuses. Check the wires to your taillights. You may have a pinched wire that grounded out.
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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Could have been a relay?
 
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 05:49 PM
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Thanks for everyone inputs!

So Sunday I replace the fuse #21 which is the GD small lights and still no light.... I play around for another few hours and discovery a connector was loose and my new fuse blow out too and replace it again and all light are back on!! Dam potholes!!!
 
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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good to hear everything works fine again, yea those pot holes can be a pain when you roll over them. even at stock height i feel them pretty good. i just try to avoid the pot holes the best i can.
 

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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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where exactly was the connection? this could be useful for future reference
 
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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ok this is weird...now fuse #21 is browning out again and I replace it and it just brown out again....As for light mods.... I swap out everything to LED ( Head unit, a/c controller, dash and tail light are LED) but that was three years ago....
 
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