Tail light, brake light and dash board lighting problem, Kia Pragio

[Huey18]

Hi, I recently found that I had lost my dashboard lights, tail lights and brake lights. I checked all the fuses, and globes, all fine just no power. I cant find the relays for the these lights. I did get the mechanic to have a quick look while fixing another unrelated problem and he advised there was no power to the fuses.... so I am thinking something has got damaged on the fuse box, if I run a power cable to the fuses direct from the battery, would this cause any other problems? If not I will give it a go .
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

[peteramjet]

Have you considered the brake light switch? Not sure what they knock out when they go in a Kia, but in many Toyota’s you lose you dash, tail and brake lights - like you have.

[gordon_s1942]

I would urge you to be carefull before doing anything untill you know exactly where and how the power to the fuses comes from the Battery as it could be something to do with the Computer and and thats something you dont want to have to replace.
Cars do weird things today electronically as was evidenced recently when other Members reported having a Tow Bar fitted and nothing worked (Trailer lights) because the Computer hadnt been programed to accept it.

[Rick]

Recently removed or replaced the battery?

if I run a power cable to the fuses direct from the battery, would this cause any other problems?

I strongly suggest you do not do that, you could do more damage than what its worth

[VroomVroom]

could be the fuse box itself - Knowing Kia they place relays and polyswitches on a multi layer motherboard inside the fuse box itself. and these are not serviceable you need to replace the whole box or ICC unit. And also knowing Kia they make finding any information about thier wiring impossible. And they also use fusible links which are part of the wiring harness itself.
Bypassing the fuse feed may be an option but make sure the fusebox is ok first.

[Antennaman]

might be relevant.