No tail lights

I have an 01 tacoma and I keep blowing the fuse associated with my tail lights and gauges. I originally thought it was something to do with my tail lights. Fixed that issue and still popping them. I unhooked the wiring harness for the rear of the truck where it connects under the seat and got the same results. Anyone run in to this issue before?

 

That fuse runs whole bunch of wires. Tail light, license plate lights on the back, parking lights on the front and most of lights and switches on the dash. Load of wires to trace.

 

Mine did that and I found the wires that were previously used for the canopy brake light were arcing/shorting out off of each other. Check for bare wires/ground. Like @RysiuM said, that fuse is connected to a whole mess of wires.

 

Have you changed out your front signals lately? My 2002 Tundra had this same issue and it ended up being an incorrect bulb I swapped into the front signals. However I replaced the tails at the same time so it took me a little while to figure out.

 

My turn signals work, they are on a different system.

 

Do you have an aftermarket trailer wiring harness that plugs into your taillights? The control boxes go bad and tail light fuse will pop. I had to pull the trailer harness and replace it.

 

I did and it did burn up, i took it out and everything was good for a couple weeks. I am fairly sure my current issue is in the front half of the truck though since i unhooked the rear lights where it connects under the seat. I actually thought i had it figured out last night, it stopped blowing fuses for about 5 minutes after i moved some wires. I would have kept looking but i ran out of fuses.

 

There is such a thing as a circuit breaker fuse, you can reset it when it 'blows'. I've not had your issue but consider doing a search to see if there is one that matches the fuse in question. Much cheaper when in your situation.

 

Sounds like you need to use an Ohm meter hooked to your positive brake light wires. Disconnect the car battery. Set the Ohm meter to the sound mode. Wiggle wires and you might lucky.