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Expert: - 8/15/2011


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QUESTION: I lost the interior dash board (speed dometer, gas temp. etc) light and now my rear lights, running when headlights are on do not work.  I have brake lights, turn signals and emergency flasher working.  It is a 2000 Chrylser Sebring JXI eveything else works.

ANSWER: That is likely fuse 7 (20 amp) in the fuse box behind the left end-cap of the dash that is blown.

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QUESTION: I replace the fuse and every time i do it just blows it over and over.

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Then you probably have a rear running light bulb that is shorted to ground due to a bad placement in the bulb socket or similar short between the black/yellow 12v wire and the black ground wire in/at the socket. There are 7 bulbs to disconnect and inspect: tail/stop, tail/turn and side marker on both sides of the car, and the license lamp. You could remove all inspecting as you go, them put in a new fuse and insert them one at a time to see when the fuse blows.

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