Fuse 23 = Interior lighting plus more!

[E30325i]

Note: not sure which topic to start this in, but its got to do with lighting so...

Tonight comming home from work I hit a bump in the highway pretty hard...and poof, out go my instrument cluster lights, and my tail light/licence plate light indicators illuminated on my check panel.

So I pull apart the underside spagetti mess of wires unde there and i find nothing wrong, so i check the bently for the fuse numbering and lo and be hold, fuse 23 is those exact lights, so i check the fuse and what'dya know, its blown.

So I replace it and go on my merry way, till I hit another bump, not quite as hard, and poof, same goddamm lights out, and the new fuse is blown. Its a 7.5 amp fuse....

Why the hell when I hit bumps does this fuse continue to blow out on me?!

[Mystikal]

There's a loose connection and/or bare wire moving around and getting grounded when you hit those bumps. That may take quite a while to find, good luck.

[madjurgen]

That is the exact same thing that happened to me !!! I dont remember hitting a bump but i turned on my car and all of a sudden the instrument cluster/back taillight/front blinker are all out. ill have to check that fuse.

[StereoInstaller1]

I would wanna know why there is a spaghetti mess of wires under my dash!

Mine are nice and tidy, BMW style...plus,I have a big alarm AND a bunch of stereo shit.

Luke