i accidently turned on my engine while my headlight was on, and now none of my exterior lights work except the headlight. no clearance, side marker, and the lights in the back. however, when i press my brake, all the brake lights come up. did i blow out a fuse? also, i noticed today that my warning beep doesn't sound (you know, the one that beeps when you leave your headlights on when the engine is turned off or when you leave the keys in the ignition with the door open) can this be a fuse problem too? i remember reading a 'how to' on this, but i didn't do anything. please help cause i can't drive at night now! =P

 

im pretty sure it is a fuse problem...just go under your steering wheel into the fuse box...and you'll find it.interior lights....

 

El...FUSO!....like cefiro8701 says...holla at the fuse box

 

well i looked in the fuse box but i couldn't find the fuse for the lights. so i checked the relays under the hood and replaced the one marked "lamp" but my lights still don't turn on. any other suggestions? just to clarify, my exterior lights don't work. all my interior lights - gauges, ac, radio .. they all work

 

The beeping thing is relayed off the parking lights so it will not sound either. The parking lights are labeled tail on fuse box in the engine bay ....

 

well i checked those fuses and pretty much any other fuse that looked like it dealt with lights and they all looked fine. hmmm...is there anything else i can check before i have to take it to the shop?

 

There was a post like this about a month ago. Everybody including me told him it was the fuse but he said no it looks fine ill go to the mechanic. End result tail fuse blown as well as 40 bucks. If you have a multimeter check the resistance, it should be like 0.01 ohms and if you dont have a multimeter just go buy some fuses they are extremely cheap. Also check your ground wires. There are a couple of wires that are using one ground point down near windshield wiper fluid container. I'm not sure if those are for the lights or not, but they are ground wires.

 

i don't have a multimeter. however, since i dont' have fogs, i tried switching the fog fuse with the tail fuse and no luck. hmm..i would go buy some fuses but it got dark. hahaha

 

Check the fuse under your dash as well as in the engine bay. There both labeled "tail". Replace them with fuses you know are working. Like Batxel said there was someone with the same problem and it ended up costing him $40 because he didn't take the time to replace both fuses with working ones.

EDIT: Here is the link to the guy that had the same problem.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....=1#post3509863