Hi there.
I put a post on this group a couple of years ago with a car problem and got the correct answer so will try again :-)
I have a 1996 Ford Escort. 1.9 L. Automatic. I'm now in Canada but cars are cars !! Lost power for everything while driving and as suspected, it was the alternator. Just had that replaced at the garage (new). After driving away, happy that my car now worked, I noticed that all the dash lights were out. Thought it must have been a fuse. That evening, got pulled up by one of the pleasant Canadian police in their monster truck size cruisers (and he actually had a small box of Tim Hortons Doughnuts on the passenger seat !!!, wish I had a camera there.) and he said my indicators were out, along with the rear driving lights and reg plate light. Sod it! Everything was out. The only thing that worked was the headlights. The indicators made the noise from the inside but nothing was happening outside. One light that is lit is the warning light for the open hatchback door, and that's shut and locked !!
Took it back to the same garage and they couldn't fix it as they couldn't find the cause of the problem. Told me I had to go to a Ford dealer who will probably charge the earth.
Does anyone have any ideas as to the problem? All the fuses are okay, under the steering wheel and the set under the bonnet, but basically everything electric except the headlights is out. Very strange.
Thankyou and I look forward to any replies
Andrew