complete lights failure - advice needed

[jesfirth]

I was driving my 94 500 sunday night, went through a pothole and the lights just stopped working - great fun on a dark lane with no street lights. I have easy access to the fuse board and ECU (in front of the passenger seat)and all the wiring - the car is stripped as a sprint car. I have waggled every connector, cable and box I can find and nothing seems to be loose. Having checked this is the position:

rear lights do not work
front side and headlights do not work
hazards do not work
brake lights DO work
indicators DO work
front headlights do work when using the indicator stalk to flash

Is there a lighting control box that controls the lights that could have failed?

[jesfirth]

Yup gauges still work but the dash lights don't.

It's not just the front lights it's the rears as well.

My earths can be seen - I have no interior finishes at all and the earths are fine.

I will check all the fuses but can't see how a fuse would take out so much in one go.

[jesfirth]

Hi paul,

you are so right. in my best 14 year old voice " its so unfair!" this is what I was doing 3 hours before they failed.

https://youtu.be/zgpFeJtgOx8

[jesfirth]

Thanks all for the advice. Had a frantic week so only just got time to look at it. Colin was right fuse 11. Thanks. Not sure why it would blow when it went through a pothole though. I have never had electrical problems on the car before.