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I was removing the trunk light the other day in my 98 SVT and something grounded itself in the light assembly, it turned out the dash lights, stereo, security and all. I reinstalled the light, swapped out the fuse, and left it alone. Have you done anything near the trunk light.

Probably not the case, but its a shot...

emm... the only thing I changed was the brake light over half a year ago. I've also eliminated the stereo as the problem too because I took the whole stereo unit out and the fuse still blew. The stereo was also in there for over a year before the first fuse blow.

have you removed your door panels lately? The little bulbs in the door handles (interior) are connected to the same circut as the dash cluster lights...maybe there is water in your door or something??? the way the bulbes are done in the handle is kinda cheap. Only the positive wire has protection (that is all that would be nessesary but why not isolate the other too??? anyway, that could be your problem (water getting into the door at top and maybe you should make sure all your handle bulbs are working too!