98 ford taurus tail lights and dash lights are out

There are 2 fuse boxes on that car, one under the hood (bonnet), and one under the dash on the drivers side. Check all the fuses with a test light, while the car is running.

The dash lights have their own 5 amp fuse. The power for this fuse comes through the fuse for the tail lamps. This is done so that if the fuse for the tail lamps blows, the driver will know because the dash lamps go out and when he checks the dash lamp fuse, it will be good, but there will be no power going to it. Most common issue though, is that someone accidentally turned the dimmer switch for the dash lamps completely down. Check that first.

there are actually 2 fuses that affect dash lights, the tail light fuse, and the dash light fuse,

bad fuse inside car not under hood.check beside dash @ driver door
look for power window fuse

Replace the fuse. Most of the time when the tail light fuse is blown it will go un-noticed. This is why they combine the instrument cluster lighting, and tail lights on the same fuse. That way if the dash lights are out you know the tail lights must be out also.

Check for a burnt out tail light fuse or bad tail light bulbs.The dash light go out when the tail lights fail. Good Luck, Ned

you have to check all fuses with a test light both fuse boxes under hood and under dash... if good next to look for is the light switch itself... has any radio work been done to the lately... if so alot of times hooked up wrong will blow park fuse as one of the wires to radio is the park voltage to tell radio to dim down some

Hi,maybe i can shed some light on the situation.Are we sure it is the stop(brake light)lights that we are talking about?Or is it the tail light?I it is the tail lights,then it is most likely the head light switch itself.The dash light and running lights(tail lights)run threw the headlight switch.If I can assist you any more on this problem,let me [email protected]

your lights are grounding out some where you will have to check for a dead short in the wiring use a volt meter in the resitance mode and track through you power side of the lights untill you find your dead short, start at the back and work your way to the fuse box pull the fuse and follow the wire. there is a short in it it will just take some time going through look for worn coating, cracks, or melted.
good luck & and happy hunting

It is possible that they are not grounded properly. The ground wire could have become disconnected when replacing the battery or alternator.