how to get my tail lights to work

Asked by dabub Dec 30, 2015 at 09:00 PM about the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport

Question type: General

Crashed my truck my driver side turn
signal wires touched now my tail insights
don't work...they work when I use the
breaks but don't work when I turn the
lights on ...is it a fuse or what? And is
there more fuses then the ones that are
in the truck on the driver side

4 Answers

220,865

Sounds like you shorted it, yes it would be a fuse blown. If there are any other fuse boxes it would be under the hood or on the side of the drivers side dash.

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thanks...my head lights work and my breaks n turn signals work, runing lights dont work the yellow lights in the front and back red lights in the back n the yellow lights in the back dont work...have'n a problem opening the hood i thought there might be another fuse box under the hood but lke i said have'n a problem getting it open

73,310

If involved in a front end collision, obviously the wiring for the light(s) which do not work were damaged. You'll have to get the hood open and begin checking.

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15,715

You don't say if the accident was front or rear. In either case, if the wires touched, it should have blown a fuse. There is no relationship between the brake lights and the running lights. Look for a short or pinched wires to the running lights.

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