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    Senior Member Two Rings
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    Is there a fuse for the license plate lights????

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    Both of them randomly went out on me earlier. Weird. It wasn't the bulbs either because I tried a brand new pair and it still didn't work. I was thinking maybe a fuse burnt out or something? Is there even a fuse for them? If so, can you guys please direct me on where it is and how to replace it to see if that solves the problem? If not, what is the problem and how can I fix it? Thank you.

    I forgot to mention that the warning on the display resets every 2 min and it gets super annoying with the "beeeeeeeeeeeeeep." I thought it was supposed to just give me one warning beep and have the symbol with the light bulb and an X through it.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings Joey0918's Avatar
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    I have no idea but I am having the same problem how did you get this fixed
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    Veteran Member Four Rings walky_talky20's Avatar
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    It is fuse #31 in the side of the dash.

    These license plate lights are pretty famous for rotting out inside causing poor conductivity from the contact plates to the bulb carrier. You may need to clean them off inside, or even replace the entire bulb housing. But it might just be the fuse.
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    Senior Member Two Rings trev718's Avatar
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    ^^hmmm
    does this happen to the lights in the trunk as well??

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    Senior Member Two Rings
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    I have no idea but I am having the same problem how did you get this fixed
    It was indeed the fuse as walky_talky20 stated. Replaced it and now it works fine.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings AutoUnionLov3r's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by walky_talky20 View Post
    It is fuse #31 in the side of the dash.

    These license plate lights are pretty famous for rotting out inside causing poor conductivity from the contact plates to the bulb carrier. You may need to clean them off inside, or even replace the entire bulb housing. But it might just be the fuse.
    ^^^This...


    It's not too hard to get to the housing from inside the trunk lid. Just need basic hand tools and a bit of common knowledge. This will require you to remove all of the carpet lining the actual deck lid. I changed out one of these housing in 45 minutes before and it was my first time doing it. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate the difficulty about a 2.3

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