1999 Mitsubishi Mirage tail light problem

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deesings - 04 Jul 2005 03:50 GMT

The tail lights, inside dome light, dash lights and front parking light
on my 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage do not work. We have examined all th
fuses and they are all o.k. The wires into the fuse box appear to b
o.k.

One fuse position in the engine compartment fuse block has only on
metal contact on one side and none on the other and another fuse bloc
has no contacts. Could this be the problem?

Can anyone please advise as to what else I might try?

Thanks

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deesing

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Stewart DIBBS - 04 Jul 2005 11:22 GMT

> The tail lights, inside dome light, dash lights and front parking lights
> on my 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage do not work.
> One fuse position in the engine compartment fuse block has only one
> metal contact on one side and none on the other and another fuse block
> has no contacts. Could this be the problem?

Of course not. These fuse positions are for options not fitted to you car.
Its time to get a multimeter and trace the problem.
The tail lights, inside dome light, dash lights and front parking lights are
(probably) all run from the same fused circuit.

Pull the fuse from the under dash and
a) verify its OK with the meter. Sometimes fuses blow and the break is hard
to see.
b) verify you have +12 on the one side of the fuse holder. If you do, the
problem is on the load side of the circuit. If not, the problem is between
the engine compartment fuse block and the dash fuse block.

Stewart DIBBS
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