# Dash lights and running lights not working

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights-and-running-lights-not-working/96027>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sportage, kia\
**Created:** [October 9, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights-and-running-lights-not-working/96027 "2016-10-09T04:42:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rdonovan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rdonovan1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rdonovan1)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights-and-running-lights-not-working/96027/1 "2016-10-09T04:42:01Z")

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I have a 2000 Kia Sportage and the dash lights and running/parking lights are not working. The 10 Amp fuse for the tail/running lights keeps blowing. Does anyone have any idea as to what could be causing these problems on this year, make and model car and where I should look to find and fix the problem? I am trying to find and fix these problems as fast as I can, but I am not real sure as to where to even start looking.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights-and-running-lights-not-working/96027/2 "2016-10-09T05:01:40Z")

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Sounds like short to ground, possibly due to a pinched wire

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**Author:** ![Ben-T\_Spanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Ben-T\_Spanner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ben-T_Spanner)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights-and-running-lights-not-working/96027/3 "2016-10-09T14:31:19Z")

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I have a “short detector” which consists of a jumper wire with alligator clips and a circuit breaker. You bridge the fuse with the jumper and follow the wiring with the included meter. A short swings the needle.

I think I got it at NAPA, long ago. Of course I used on old British cars with simple electrical systems. Good luck. .

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**Author:** ![rdonovan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rdonovan1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rdonovan1)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights-and-running-lights-not-working/96027/4 "2016-10-09T15:17:35Z")

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Do you have any idea as to where I might look for that pinched wire?