I've spent hours digging through the FSM and looking at the diagram on each fuse box (the IPDM, the fuse box right in front of the battery, and the one by the driver's dead pedal) and can not find any fuse that would be the reverse lights...

After looking at the wiring diagram for the reverse lights it's a simple circuit - Ignition --> fuse --> reverse switch --> lights.

My ignition obviously works cause my car turns on just fine. Bulbs are fine, so it must be the fuse or the switch.

Trying to check the fuse (and if that checks out - I'll know it's the switch).

The FSM says "E12" is the fuse but I can't find E12 anywhere. I literally find E2 all the way to E20 but no E12...
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Yeah...cause I would rather go through all this hassle rather than simply pull the bulbs...uh huh.

 

Nevermind...I'm a moron. THERE IS NO FUSE.

 

so what was the issue lol

 

The only possible issue is the reverse switch is out, or a wire is magically severed somewhere. Considering I got 95K on the chassis, it's probably the reverse switch. So I'm going to have it switched out. The part is like $30 (found it for $21 online). Hopefully labor isn't ridiculous.

 

Revo, did you ever get it fixed?
I tried to switch out my reverse bulbs today and attempted to fix the positioning with a screwdriver and it sparked. After that, my backup camera and reverse bulbs no longer work. I tried to locate the reverse bulb fuse and had no luck. Is there a reverse light switch as you say? where is it located and did it work?