Toyota Repair: 2005 Toyota Sienna Electrical, fuse panel, toyota sienna


Question
I recently noticed the drivers side tail light was burnt out. I purchased the new tail light and installed it. After installing it I pressed the brakes and now none of the brake lights work and the vehicle will not go into gear. It seems as if somewhere along the line I managed to disrupt a sensor or something that tells my car that Im pushing the breaks. Could it be a fuse? I cant even take it to get looked at at this point because I cant get it out of my drive way. Any suggestions?

Answer
It's possible that the wrong bulb was put in, some have one contact in the socket and some two, if the bulbs are mixed up it can result in the "tail" fuse blowing in the fuse panel on the inside on the lower left of the dash, the fuses are marked in the cover, if the tail fuse is ok check the "stop" fuse, if the brake lights don't work you can't shift out of park, you can over ride the shift interlock by removing the small cover just in front of the shifter on the console, after the cover is off depress the button inside and you can shift into gear and drive it.