Ok, I was being stupid and fooling around with some electric stuff. I had a switch for some neons hooked up and I was re-wiring. I had the ground hooked up to the light above my radio, and the power was connected to my stereo. I don’t know what happened, but all of the sudden I smelled smoke so I disconnected everything. I then turned on my headlights to turn see if they worked and my gauge lights did not turn on. I checked all the fuses and checked all connections. I couldn’t find the problem. Now the light above my radio, and the gauge lights do not work (the blinker indicators and stuff work, it is just the rpm and mph #'s that don’t work). If anyone knows what to do it would really help me out. Thanks
there are blubs on the back of the gauge cluster that lights it up. maybe you fried those. if you did then all you have to do is replace the bulb…
check the fuses again, i bet you’ll find a blown one (in the inside fuse box).
there is a wire located near the back of the stereo that turns on when you turn your lights on --it tells the car to:
-turn the parking lights on
-turn the taillights on
-illuminate the stock radio
-illuminate the gauge cluster
if that wire grounds itself then the fuse will blow, causing all those things to stop working. So, if those things are all not working then that should be your problem. goodluck.
Well I know it is not the fuses b/c I checked every single one and none are blown. I will,however, check the bulbs behind the gauge cluster. Thank you
Do your taillights come on (not your brake lights) when you turn on your parking lights? If they dont then it is a fuse, a little 15 amp guy. I had the same prob, but it happened when I was driving at night.
Ben
No, everything works except the gauge lights. that sucks that it happened at night. it is NOT A FUSE!!! I checked every fuse twice and I can tell you that it is not a fuse.
do you have stock guages…if you do then i would do like he said and the check the bulbs on the back of the guage cluster…if they are not stock guages and they are indigo or somting of the sort make sure that the ground wire is hooked up right.hope it helps.
later,
Dan:p
they are stock gauges so iwill check the bulbs. what kind of bulbs are they though, b/c I want to replace them right away if they are blown.