taillights not working

SVWander · 06-07-2008, 10:26 AM

Hi Guys, I have a 1984 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup. It is my farm truck . . . nothing seems to kill the thing! But I have a problem with the taillights. The fuse isn't blown, the bulbs are good, the turn signal and brake lights work fine but the taillights refuse to work. My guess is there a broken wire between the switch and the taillights but I don't know how to locate it. Anybody have an idea what the problem is . . . or any ideas on how to fix the problem?
tm

Jimmeh · 06-07-2008, 01:28 PM

I had this situation with my 95 Ram, and it ended up being a blown fuse for the dash lights rather then the tail lights. A grounding wire kept blowing the fuse that I had hooked up for the head unit. Maybe the same thing for ya?

SVWander · 06-07-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmeh

I had this situation with my 95 Ram, and it ended up being a blown fuse for the dash lights rather then the tail lights. A grounding wire kept blowing the fuse that I had hooked up for the head unit. Maybe the same thing for ya?

I have checked all the fuses in the box and looked at the wiring diagram also to see if I could trace the wiring. No luck on the latter and the fuses were all good. Tomorrow I am going to check the switch. This seems rather odd to me but I don't know all that much about truck wiring. tm

Nates01Ram · 06-08-2008, 01:19 PM

i had a wierd one in my firebird the cluster of wires under the steering wheel was rotten and broke off maybe mabye not sorry i cant think of any other problems

06-07-2008, 10:26 AM	#1
SVWander Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	taillights not working Hi Guys, I have a 1984 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup. It is my farm truck . . . nothing seems to kill the thing! But I have a problem with the taillights. The fuse isn't blown, the bulbs are good, the turn signal and brake lights work fine but the taillights refuse to work. My guess is there a broken wire between the switch and the taillights but I don't know how to locate it. Anybody have an idea what the problem is . . . or any ideas on how to fix the problem? tm

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06-07-2008, 01:28 PM	#2
Jimmeh Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Columbia Falls, Montana Posts: 94	I had this situation with my 95 Ram, and it ended up being a blown fuse for the dash lights rather then the tail lights. A grounding wire kept blowing the fuse that I had hooked up for the head unit. Maybe the same thing for ya?

06-08-2008, 01:19 PM	#4
Nates01Ram Full Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 18	i had a wierd one in my firebird the cluster of wires under the steering wheel was rotten and broke off maybe mabye not sorry i cant think of any other problems