Q: Running lights, instrument panel light, and turn signals do not work

asked by on November 17, 2016

The running lights and instrument panel light stopped working, and now the turn signals are not working. The fuses under the dash all seem to be fine.

My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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