im not sure if they are connected some how but my interior lights won't turn on at all and the bulb is good, dash lights work just not the over head or floor board lights. also the brake lights barely work when the head lights are turned on. any clue to whats going on? help would be great, can't really drive w/o brake lights

 

The two courtesy lights under the dash and the over head dome light are operated by the switches in the door and come on when the door is opened. The overhead light is also operated by the light switch **** being rotated counter-clockwise with the headlights on.

 

The domelight, cigarette lighter, and radio memory share one fuse. If the lighter doesn't work (or worse, a coin has fallen in it), the fuse is likely blown.

As far as the brakelights not working well with the rest of the lights on, it's likely there's a bad ground out back. All of the taillights go into one harness that runs through a grommet into the body behind the left taillight. Pull out the interior panel where it goes inside, find out how the ground connection to the body is made, and see if it's in good shape.

 

you nailed it, i just recently was looking at the wiring of my car and found the the interior acc. fuse was blown, fixed that problem, then pulled out both rear tail lights and found that the previous owner put a single post bulb instead of the double post which caused the lights to short out. but thanks for the replys.