bigbadboy

like said. i was reinstalling my dome light i had it pluged in and the light was on. when i went to bolt it in. i heard it spark and both my map and dome light stoped working. where is the fuse or relays for the interior lights?? i'm asking cause i don't have anything to tell me which fuse is wat or where it is

BlueIntegraBoy

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Yes, you popped the fuse.

EG


EK

bigbadboy

forgot to mention i have a 99. so which one in that pic would be the one for the interior lights??

BlueIntegraBoy

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigbadboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">forgot to mention i have a 99. so which one in that pic would be the one for the interior lights??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, didn't see the interior lights fuse in the pic. You can just keep pulling fuses until you find a busted one. It should be like a 7.5A fuse.

bigbadboy

do you happen to have a pic of the fuse box in the engine bay??

bigbadboy

bump

ptnguyen

i should check mine too o.O

bigbadboy

ttt

bpr0422

isn't the 99 a EK...

interior lights, should be the same as "instrument lights"

if it was the fuse in the engine bay, more than the interior lights might not be working...

Also the engine bay fuse box, has the fuse layout printed on to the cover... unless you some how scratched or rubbed it all off.. you should be able to tell which is which...

if all else fails, test it with a DMM (Digital Multimeter)

you can get a decent DMM for about 20 bucks at radio shack, home depot, sears, etc.

Eran

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If it isn't a fuse, then your dimmer switch burnt out. Also a very common problem.

BlueIntegraBoy

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But the dimmer switch doesn't control the dome or map lights

bigbadboy

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Also the engine bay fuse box, has the fuse layout printed on to the cover... unless you some how scratched or rubbed it all off.. you should be able to tell which is which...
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i asked because my fuse box under the hood doesn't have a cover on it. and i never have any kind of interior parts. i just bought a whole interior a day ago.

rza49311

I have a 96 civic ex and all of a sudden yesterday I got in my car to go home from work and noticed that the lights behind the tach, speedo, temp, gas etc gauges aren't working! The high beam light comes on fine and also the other lights when you initially start the car but everything else won't light up! I checked the "instrument lights" fuse below the steering wheel but its fine and also checked the interior light fuse under the hood but it appears fine too. anybody know what my problem is? TIA

boosted_CTR

Sounds like your bubls on the actuall cluster started to burn out, or theres a bad ground.

Mr.Eg6

either your fuse is burnt and you have a bad ground or is the car

StreetRacinThug

expletive ALL DAT ****!!! I hate that all the bulbs burnt out of no where. At the same time. No its your dimmer switch. I had similar problem.

rza49311

thanks for the help guys.

I'm guessing its got to be either a ground problem or the dimmer. I had a spare fuse and tried it but it didn't work(7.5). There is more than one bulb back there right? If thats the case, I doubt all of them went bad at the same time like streetracingthug stated. Then again I have no idea what i'm talking about

Guess I"ll have to start tearing the damn thing apart now

Thanks again. I'll post back what I find.

rza49311

UPDATE

Got the cover off below the steering wheel and was able to pull the dimmer module out. It appears to be something with the plug or the dimmer itself. I unplugged it then plugged it back in and it started working but if i wiggle the wires right at the plug sometimes they will go out so I've figured out at least what it is for now. Its working atm so i'm going to let it be until it completely dies. Thanks again for the help.