Dash lights and running lights stopped working

1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE
274,000 MILES • 5.7L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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SMITHGRIND
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My headlights turn off when adjusting the steering column. Now nothing is working.
Oct 4, 2020 at 10:52 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

If moving the column was causing them to turn off and now nothing works, chances are you have a short in the column and have blown the primary lighting fuse. The fuse is located under the hood in he fuse box. (Lighting fuse 8)

See the attached wiring schematic (pic 1).

Let me know.
Joe
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