themacfive

2000 Dodge Ram 2500 as my husband was adjusting his driver's side mirror, he suddenly lost power to both mirrors, the radio and the interior lights. He checked the fuses and they seemed fine....any ideas? Trying not to overpay the dealer for the problem when it seems like its something simply.

XLR8R

Check the correct fuse(s) in the underhood PDC and the driver's side dash fusebox; all of the switches and relays are labeled and replace with a known good fuse, unless he has a meter to check them with (the open is not always visible).

themacfive

We did that! We are sooooo perplexed!

XLR8R

Start tracing the wiring for voltage; begin at the fuse out terminal for the circuit and confirm that voltage is present at the wire's next connection, etc.

It IS something simple, since it affected all of those circuits at once...

bnold

I believe the fuse for that is the one with a black cover on it (interior fuse panel)... Took me a while to find it when I shorted my interior light. The black cover made me think the truck would self destruct if I pulled it, but it was the culprit.

mopargw

check the fuseable links from the battery. feel them with your fingers and if any feel spongy cut it out and either replace with another one or an in line fuse of the correct amperage and gauge of wire. I did that with a 1984 W250 and lost all of the interior lights and headlights.

torq

i had this same problem once when i first purchased my truck thought i had checked all the fuses also but there is one in the cab that is not marked as to be obvious of what it fuses if i remember correctly. i would recheck all of them if i were you.

themacfive

Thank you thank you!!! It was a fuse in the black box....we skipped right over it. Thanks a million!

XLR8R

That's what I thought...

tkohl

Which fuse was it I'm having the same problem

mrclean

The IOD fuse......should be #12 in the fuse panel on the side of the dash.

MattD243

I'm having the same problem, but I checked all the fuses and I've got power to them, except for the illum. Fuse(5a) but the fuse is not blown, please help!

AlpineRAM

Are you sure that your IOD fuse (behind the black cover ) is OK and gets power?

The illum fuse gets it's power from the IOD fuse.