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    What can be wrong? Brake lights work, turn signals work, tail lights don't work. I can't figure it out.

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    Bad bulbs or ground issue. Tail light filaments are not the same as brake/turn on bulbs like 1157. I hooked my trailer up Friday to head to the lake and had zero lights. I found broken ground to trailer in main harness.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TennHaynes View Post
    What can be wrong? Brake lights work, turn signals work, tail lights don't work. I can't figure it out.
    what type tow vehicle make and year ???

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    2003 F-150.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TennHaynes View Post
    2003 F-150.
    do you have a tow package on that vehicle ???

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    Most newer trucks have separate trailer light fuses. It's probably those. Since it's a Ford you'll have to sort through the manual to find them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Atimm693 View Post
    Most newer trucks have separate trailer light fuses. It's probably those. Since it's a Ford you'll have to sort through the manual to find them.
    Exactly right....I learned that the hard way...spent three days working on it...then I found out separate fuses for trailer lights in another location on vehicle. Should be a black box under the hood that says MAIN LOAD CENTER....take the top of of it....panel has individual fuses for everything.
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    check the fuse #5 its a 20 amp fuse under the hood !!!! it should be mark as trailer tow relay !!!
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    No Sir. No tow package.

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    I had the same issue in the past and it was the ground wire!

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