brake light and dash lights fault

[flawless]

i recently installed a new headunit in my 98 Vt commodore,

all wires were used except the folowing:
Brown/wht = dimmer in
Grey = dimmer out
black/wht = ground (i made a seperate ground)
Yellow/Black = Phone mute

now for sum reason my brake lights wont work and also my dash lights dont work, i replaced fuses and they still dont work

[ducatis]

Hey i recently had the same problem, the brake and dash lights are on the same circuit. My problem was that the tail light globe was shorting.

Mitch

[flawless]

ok cool wot did u do to fix the problem?

[maginoodle]

pull out your brake light bulbs. and see if the dash lights work. if they do replace the bulbs one at a time until you find the faulty one

[flawless]

thanks for the advice will try it after work, fingers crossed

[flawless]

ok i took all 3 brake bulbs out and replaced fuses, but still the dash light fuse blew and so did the brake fuse when i stepped on the brake.

is there any other way to check what the problem is or should i just take it to a autoelectrician

[-Junior-]

May not be but check the wiring harness behind the boot liner on the drivers side near the fuel flap. The wiring may have rubbed through on the sheet metal.