help dash lights are not working? vn calais

[hellbound]

i turn my lights on the other night a the first fuse poped. changed it turn the lights on poped again. my dash lights are not working or my rear lights. i have a vn v8 calais??? what could it be?

[Warranty Void]

The small looms at the rear of VN/VP are pretty failure prone, unplug the 2 looms behind tail lights and try again. If the fuse don't pop then plug one in and see what happens or just replace both. They cost about $20 each, they are a nightmare to repair, just replace. If it's not that let us know more about it.

[hellbound]

i unplugged both rear light looms and it is still popping?

[Warranty Void]

Which lights are working, which are not, which fuse (description from fuse map) is blowing?

[hellbound]

fuse 1 witch is dash light and radio. the parker lights are not working and the rear light. brake lights all light up. and the main head light come on.

[Warranty Void]

So you've got a short in your parkers or the dash lights. Most likely the parkers. You haven't put a new stereo in have you?

[hellbound]

yeah i have but have had it in for a few weeks and have try turning the parkers with out the stereo system?

[Warranty Void]

I suspect the "lights" wire for the stereo could be connected directly to an earth. That would mean it doesn't matter whether the stereo is on or off.

[mrvdv]

sounds like its short circuiting out some where.. used to happen on my VN

[889bhp]

i have a vq statesman no dash instramentation lights changed fuses still not working and wheni brake without parkers all 4 tail lights work at night with parkers on all 4 lights work but when i apply the brake 2 cut out