2001 Ford Escort Instument Illumination and Exterior Lighti

VASQUEJJ

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2001 FORD ESCORT
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
62,000 MILES

About a week ago, I noticed that my instrument panel lights were not working, Prior to this incident my car would not start I located the problem and it was a bad negative terminal on the battery, I had a temporary fix in which I crimped vice grips to lead, so I could drive my car. The proplem with the illumination was a blown fuse. I replaced the fuse and not five minutes later the fuse blew again. I replaved the bad terminal with a new one, and attempted to replace the fuse again, with the same results. Do you know what this problem could be caused by?

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JDL

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Welcome to the forum. Which fuse is blowing, tail-lamps fuse? Does the fuse blow as soon as you plug it in?

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Saturday, September 26th, 2009 AT 2:47 PM

VASQUEJJ

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Yes the fuse that blows is the tail lamps fuse which also controls my instrument panel illumination. The fuse does not blow as soon as I plug it in, it blows soon after I would say about 3-5 minutes later, but it has done this two times know with the same exact results, being 3-5 minutes later it blows.