# 1988 Ford Econoline Cargo Van taillights went out after radio swap

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-ford-econoline-cargo-van-taillights-went-out-after-radio-swap/180026>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** econoline-cargo-van, ford\
**Created:** [October 16, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-ford-econoline-cargo-van-taillights-went-out-after-radio-swap/180026 "2021-10-16T21:23:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BobDudley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BobDudley](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BobDudley)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-ford-econoline-cargo-van-taillights-went-out-after-radio-swap/180026/1 "2021-10-16T21:23:03Z")

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After having a new stereo put in by a Ford mechanic ive lost rear tail lights and signals. new flasher and all bulbs are good. replaced the turn signal switch and the headlight switch.No help

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-ford-econoline-cargo-van-taillights-went-out-after-radio-swap/180026/2 "2021-10-16T21:25:57Z")

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> [@BobDudley](#):
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> put in by a Ford mechanic

bring it back for him to fix. you paid for it, he should make it right.

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-ford-econoline-cargo-van-taillights-went-out-after-radio-swap/180026/3 "2021-10-18T13:26:40Z")

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This may be a little simplistic, but did you check the fuses?

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-ford-econoline-cargo-van-taillights-went-out-after-radio-swap/180026/4 "2021-10-20T00:44:02Z")

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Shop may have inadvertently disconnected the tail light circuity while tapping into the wiring harness for the stereo install. I expect this will turn out to be a minor problem. Good advice above to ask the shop who did the stereo install to assist.