No gauge cluster or clock lights *fixed*

[Speedy_91_SHO]

As the topic says, i have no gauge cluster or clock lights. Everything else works. Any Ideas?

P.S. I previously thought it to be the dimmer switch, but replaced it and they still don't work, but the old dimmer was bad.

<small>[ July 21, 2003, 12:34 AM: Message edited by: Speedy_91_SHO ]</small>

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

Can I assume that you checked the fuse?

 

[Speedy_91_SHO]

Well, that is the first thing I thought about. If you look at the fuse diagram in the owners manual, everything that is on the fuse with these items work. shrug

 

[LowLyfe83]

Eeeeep, i have the exact same problem. fuse is not blown either. about 2 weeks ago i put an aftermarket cd deck in the car and all worked fine for about a week. then one day the digital clock stopped working, then like 2 days later the gauge lights quit too! this really sucks....somebody please help a NEWBIE out here shrug

 

[Speedy_91_SHO]

Does your clock work at all or just not light up? Mine works, it is just when I turn the head lights on, the light behind the clock goes off.

 

[LowLyfe83]

on mine, i have the digital clock that lights up greenish....if the green numbers arent showing, then nothing is...its just a flat black screen.

 

[quadmasta]

if you guys have an aftermarket stereo in your car, check to make sure the illumination wire isn't grounding out.

 

[LowLyfe83]

what color is the illumination wire? i quickly checked for it earlier today and found nothing out of the norm. where is it? single hanging loose or inside a loom? i dont wanna have to take the car into the shop...

 

[ricky]

go to the wiring diagram posts at top of this section and download or print out the one you need.

 

[nc89sho]

i had the same problem (dash lights and climate control display. then whent back and found the illumination wire, it doesn't have a place to tie into the new stereo so i hooked it into the switched hot wire. now my dash backlights work, but not the climate controll display. anyone else have this problem? odd thing is, it quite working while i was mounting my arming switch wich is nowhere near the climate controll or the radio. it's under the dash where the steering wheele is/..

 

[DJ SHO]

Well what do ya know, I'm having the same problem too. I installed the digital dash, hooked it's illumination wire up to correct wire and bam, no instrument panel lights when headlights are on. I ran 12V to that illumination wire behind the cluster to test the line, and my dash lights came on. I even tried another dimmer and still nothing. I haven't checked the fuse yet, but wondering what's up with this problem everyone's having. It's all the same here. Headlights come on, and the clock goes blank and no illumination from anything. I'll check the fuse but if that ain't it, I'm stumped. shrug

LowLYfe83, you need to resize your signature pic. It's WAY TOO BIG. If u don't know how to do it, ask someone, they'll help u.

<small>[ July 11, 2003, 02:09 AM: Message edited by: DJ SHO ]</small>

 

[DJ SHO]

Bump

 

[Speedy_91_SHO]

I got time and fixed it tonight. If you put the wire coming off of the wiring harness labelled ILLUMINATION, into the power supply, your lights will come on. I got the wiring harness when I installed my cd player and the wire is one of three orange ones. I don't know if my dimmer switch is bad or what because my lights will not dim. I tried putting the 2 wires labelled POSITIVE DIMMER & NEGATIVE DIMMER into their respective supplies and that didn't work. Let me know the outcome.

 

[DJ SHO]

I'll try to inspect my lighting dilemma sometime this week. Gotta get the damn car running first...