(SOLVED)Lights Out! Just Radio Presets, Shifter lights and Traction button

Just bought a 13 Sport yesterday. Didn't notice until I was driving home in the dark that these lights were out. I've found other threads about this and most of the solutions were changing the tail light 10A fuse, or the IGN fuses. I have changed all of them and still nothing is working. I've also changed the shifter light bulb. It did look burnt but still no light. I feel this is all related to the dimmer switch which also doesn't work. The speedo lights work but the dimmer does not dim. Any help or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!

 

Do you have an aftermarket radio?
If so, the dimmer might have been damaged on installation.
This has happened before.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...high-not-able-to-adjust.676461/#post-23801493

 

Nope. It's stock

 

Do the taillights work?

 

Yes.

 

I can't seem to find any wiring diagrams for the dimmer circuit. This is all I could find, granted it's for an 06 but it's worth looking into maybe.

 

Little more help here maybe?
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...high-not-able-to-adjust.676461/#post-23800376

 

Spot on I guess I missed it, so it looks like a standard dimmer circuit, I was thinking it might have been controlled by the BCM or Combination Meter but I was mistaken.

 

so are you guys saying that it might just not be plugged in? And is there a way to remove that dimmer switch without breaking something and without taking the dash apart?

 

With the dimmer rheostat unplugged the lights will come on full bright if there isn't another issue involved.

 

I suppose I'll take it apart and try to see behind it tonight

 

So I was able to just pry the dimmer switch out without taking the dash apart and it is not plugged in at all and I don't even see the cord behind it to plug it into.

 

SOLVED!!!! It seems that one of the previous owners had unplugged the dimmer switch and plugged it into one of the blanks below. one of the blanks accidentally popped out when I was messing with it and I noticed it was plugged in so I plugged the dimmer switch into it and Bam! everything worked. Why on Earth somebody would do that amazes me but I'm glad I figured it out. Thanks for those who contributed to the problem solving

 

Thanks for the update
Good you got it figured out