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Old 12-29-2017, 05:35 PM
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so I have a 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 5.9 and it's having some electrical problems, the brake fuse keeps breaking and the right turn signal keeps breaking the fuse, my abs light comes on with my brake light and my hazards keep breaking, with all these fuses breaking I assume there's a short somewhere but where? I've changed the hazard and turn signal flashers and nothing has changed. Someone please help
 
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Old 12-29-2017, 06:15 PM
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Probably a bad bulb or the socket is bad. Process of elimination. Remove all the bulbs except one. Test. If fuses remain ok, add another bulb, repeat until you find the culprit.
 
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Another place to look is where the trailer harness (if you have one) hits the rear main harness. Dodge used some cheap connectors there..... and they like to corrode, and short out.
 



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