Thanks for the info. I think that we have resolved the problem though. But, since there may be someone else with the same issue I thought it might be worth mentioning what was wrong. Ok, after nearly ripping the interior of the car apart I noticed that underneath the center rest where the cupholders are there were a bundle of wires so I took that apart and noticed that there was years of built up junk under there and it was all caked up onto a mini wiring harness. So, I took some time and cleaned everything up (mind you I am not disgusting this car was purchased used) and reassembeld the wires and everything worked perfectly. Apparently all that junk was just shorting out those wires (the big hint was the burning smell coming from it) but cmon who would have thought that the wiring for the dash lights and stereo would be underneath the cup holder... Well, anyway problem solved and now I have a new brake circuit that I dont need.. Go, figure I'll probably just sell it on ebay. Thanks!!