No interior or running lights

I forgot to add. The second fuse did not burn out. But as I said, the lights still do not work.

Thanks!
Tim

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the exact thing has happend to a friend of mine and he had to replace the whole fuse block afer replacing it a few time it started on fire he had a 97 dodge ram 1500 so he jsut sold it and get a new vechile I think dodge wanted like 1500 for a new one sorry I couldnt help more

Di you look in the owners manual asto which is the fuse pertaining to those lights

:o Today we spent hours attempting to find the source of the short causing the battery to be dead. We discovered the short was in the time delay that senses the doors are shut. The short was initially fixed when we pulled the door switiches out, cleaned the connections and reinstalled them with a good ground. The poor ground on this circuit caused the time delay to remain on and run the battery dead. While we were hunting this short, we discovered that the fuse to the interior lights also controlled the running lights.

The first area to check is that the fuse to this system is still working. Another fuse to this system exists under the hood for a larger circuit, which also includes the headlights. If you change the in dash fuse and still do not have these lights, attempt to change the one under the hood as well.

The second thing to check is the main wires to this circuit going in/coming out of the fuse box are intact.

And don't forget to make sure the ground wires or grounding screws connecting lights to the body of the vehicle (depending on the type of vehicle) are secured. Bad grounds will kill your lights.