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Old 11-28-2018, 09:59 AM
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2001 Ram 1500 4x4 318 5speed 4x4. While leaving for work today my truck blew the 15 amp fuse under the hood for the park lamps and gauge lights. I replaced the fuse but as soon as you turn on the headlights it immediately blows. Is there a common place that could be shorted out? Could the headlight switch be bad? I should note my truck is a snowball right now. I’ve got it in the garage thawing out at the moment.
 
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May be the headlight switch, certainly a spot to check, but, unfortunately, there are MANY places where it could short, and cause that.
 
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It’s all good I got it figured out just now. It dawned on me that I was having problems with my left tail light blowing if I washed my truck 2 summers ago but it suddenly stopped doing it so I quit worrying about it. I took the tail light out and traced the wire and found a bare spot shorting out with ice.
 
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Originally Posted by dodgedakota98luver
It’s all good I got it figured out just now. It dawned on me that I was having problems with my left tail light blowing if I washed my truck 2 summers ago but it suddenly stopped doing it so I quit worrying about it. I took the tail light out and traced the wire and found a bare spot shorting out with ice.
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