Check Fuses, Replace Bulbs, Replace Shift Position Sensor. End of solution
check your fuses
the socket
Take it to the garage.
after starting engine with automatic transmission won't shift into reverse ?
Check the switch.
There are no fuses for the dash lights. Are your dash lights not working? If not, then you will need the instrument cluster refurbished. I can do this for you, contact me at ANCTechnologies at hotmail
there is a switch either under the shifter or on the side of the trans that activates the lights when you put it in R. It needs adjustment or replacement
If tail lights and dash lights work - check bulbs
Yes
how do you replace backup lights on 99 grand am?
There is a backup switch in the gearbox. When you shift into reverse, the gear box switch contacts the switch and lights the white reverse lights. If you find that the reverse lights don't work it could be that the switch is not being triggered by the mechanism inside the gearbox. This is providing that everything else is working; wiring,bulbs,etc.
you have a shorting wire someplace