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brake light and dash lights fault

flawless

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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
 
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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
 

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ok cool wot did u do to fix the problem?
 

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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
 

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

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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
 

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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.
 
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