I bought a 95 Ford 150. Everything is good except that I have no dash lights or tail lights. Brake light and blinkers work fine. I replaced the fuse and it popped instantly whenever I turned the headlights on. Any idea of what the problem could be? Thanks

something is shorting it out

Check for Afternarket Car starters and stereos
The usual cause

Disconnect em, try again

Believe it has the original starter and has an Kenwood deck installed. I'll start messing with things once the.weather clears up here.

Remote
Starter

Or remote power locks

Little black box by the break pedal. Remove it

No remote start or power locks/windows. Does have trailer brakes box installed (specific name for this?)

Dont know. But disconnect it and thr deck see if that fixes it. If not hook it back up

After that, look at the bulbs them selves, aparently this happens,( the bulb shorts its self, i found this out when googling this issue for myself ) annnd then the wires directly to the light housings for breaks or wear marks

Thats all i can direct you to, after these are checked and if they are still fucked up you gotta hunt down random wires to find a break

I too just went through thiz AGAIN in one of my vehicles. It was the remote locks/car alarm. Exactly the aame issues ur having to the T

/ even if there is fog lights installed, anything that the previpus owner did electrical wise you HAVE to check. Cant drive at night like this it sucks, i had to a few times cuz my car blew a headgasket the the pathfinder had te issues ur having

Good luck, post baxk when you figured it out

This post was edited by IB0T on Dec 5 2013 09:20pm

damaged wires? wires touching the earth?

its not a grounding issue.