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Hi my car was running fine but I replaced my glove compartment and now the car wont start, the interior lights which come on when the door opens does not come on either and the alarm does not work. Please help

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If the glove box has a light on the left side the light assembly has shorted out a fuse whitch controlls alarm the fuse is (above) the thirteen fold relay panel,, two lonly fuses,, dr side under dash between collom left kick panel.it is not in regular fuse panel ..

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You probably blew the fuse for the glove box light which is related to the alarm system.
I forget exactly which fuse it is, but I believe it's a 10 amp mini fuse in the fuse box to the left of the steering wheel. You can just take a pair of needle nose pliers and carefully remove and inspect each fuse, or use a flashlight and try to see which fuse is blown without removing them.

If you have a test light it's the easiest way to check. Each fuse has 2 small metal tabs on the flat end. If a fuse is good it will light the test light at either tab, if it is blown it will only light from one tab.

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