No tail lights, tag light, dash board lights in 97 Nissan Maxima

could be the brake sensor, behide your brake pedal.

there must be a short in the wire for your tail lights.

find the short, could be in the switch or a wire itself...and if you have a bulb out it complicates finding it even morenew fuse it, then turn things back on one at a time...should tell u where the problem is

i know this sounds crazy, but do you have break/tail lights?some cars shut off dash lites when tail/brake lights dont work

You probably only have a blown fuse, in your fuse box, look for the fuse maked (tail light). this should take care of you problem...

tail lights work on a different filament than the rest of the lights you mentioned, it is possible both bulbs are burned out for that filament. if not, check the fuses as the tail light circuit in some cars is on a seperate fuse. the remaining possibility could be bad socket contacts.

might be bad wiriring or a bad relay

had same problem on my supra come to find out it was a relay switch back between the tailights

I took my pathfinder to U-HAUL and asked them to check the towing lights. There was a pinched wire by my tail light and they cut it and changed it out for me, it was $5. I am so glad that I didnt take it to Nissan. My second step was going to be getting a new dimmer switch..but the guy who worked on my car said that wouldnt be the problem. He also told me that replacing a fuse that kept blowing out was dangerous and after the first time to get it checked out. Learn something new every day!!

i would check the connectors under the dash they have a tendancy to get loose are get hot and short a fuse this is most likely the problem...please rate this....