Had a cd player installed yesterday... when I turned on the lights - the cd player lost power for a second - then the tail lights and dash lights went out - now the "Check engine light "is on.

Recheck your work. Pull the connector off at the flasher and inspect it before plugging it back in. Not much room to work under there in an Excel? Maybe you pulled a wire loose somewhere? Kinda weird, cause the park, tail, and dash lights are all operated by the headlight switch, no relation to the turn signals and flasher relay. Or do you mean the left indicator light on the dash? That would make me think the flasher connection again, or the left side wires up under there. H H, josh...happy ha ha, merry christmas.

somewhere you might have a broken wire in the circuit system.

If you're absolutely sure the fuses are good a cut wire would be my next thought. Have you asked the installler what might have happened?

First check fuses. Also if you have installed an aftermarket cd player recheck your wiring, i had this same problem about 10 yrs ago just can't remember exactly what it was.

Sounds like you wired the cd player to the tail light fuse and the power wire touched ground. Go to the fuse panel inside the car and check the fuses. The tail lamp one and possibly also the dash light fuses will be blown, replace them after disconnecting the cd player power wires and taping off where they were connected. If you have the factory harness for the original radio still in the dash you can get a wiring harness to directly plug into it from walmart. If you don't have the original harness , the easiest way to power the cd is to tap the cigarette lighter wire.

No. All those lights are on the same fuse and are controlled by the headlamp switch.

Make sure that the fuses were all checked on the fuse panel inside the vehicle under the dash. That is where the fuse for those lights is.

are you a self mechanic ?

Check your Ignition 1 & ignition 3 fuses in the inside fuse block,also check the body fuse 10amp in the inside fuse block.Keyless entry should take back off once you found the blown fuse.hope this helps

you blew out your tailight fuse should be ten amp fuse inside engine compartment if it blows out again then the cd player is hooked up incorrectly.

There are two fuse boxes in the car. The second fuse box which is located under the hood on the driver's side has the fuse for tailights. Once found, I just changed the burned out fuse!!!!!!!!!