headlight/ electrical problem

[FlumpDSM]

Last night I started my car, turned the lights on, and started going home. I didn't get more than 10 feet before the headlights shut off. I turned the stick to running lights only back to headlights, but they didn't turn on. I then turned the stick to "lights off" then turned it back to the running light position. They didn't even work now.

Now, the gauge lights, tailights, and running lights...as well as the headlights don't work. Also, in the gauge cluster the e-brake light and the battery light are lit during regular driving. The car still runs fine, and everything else works.

The first thing I checked was fuses. The headlight fuse is blown. No surprise there. I checked the alternator fuse and it was fine. I checked every other fuse that could be relavant...gauges, tail lights, etc and everything else was fine. Actually I checked almost every other fuse in there. My main question is could a headlight fuse do all this? I feel like there is a short somewhere all of a sudden and it's going to be a PITA to find it. If anyone has had a similar problem or any light to shed on this please let me know. Thanks.

-Phil

 

[Arrow_Runner]

I would replace the fuse first, they're cheap and you might not have a short. Weird things happen, it could have been some condensation or something.

 

[luv2rallye]

Also, in the gauge cluster the e-brake light and the battery light are lit during regular driving.

This means the alternator is not working. Have it checked and measure the battery voltage while running.

 

[FlumpDSM]

Problem is fixed.

I poked around with a multimeter for a while checking for restances and voltages and such and everything seemed normal. I put the fuse back in and all problems were fixed. All the lights work now and the two lights in the gauge cluster went out.

I knew the alternator was fine because I drove the car to and from work yesterday without any unusual voltage readings from the turbo timer.

CN: When 2g headlight fuse blows...weird stuff happens.