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Old 01-23-2008, 02:37 PM
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ive researched this and found no deff answer to the problem. they went out and ive checked both fuses and they are good. any ideas? maybe a dimmer switch? its a 90 da integra
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Old 01-23-2008, 03:07 PM
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could it be a ground? does anyone know where the grounds for the tails and gauges are?
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Did you install a aftermarket radio? If so check the fuse.
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the fuse in the radio. yes the radio is aftermarket
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ok i replaced the fuse under the hood and the one under the dash. the one in the radio looked good. anything else?
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did you install a radio? did you wire the PWR ATT wire to anything, maybe your actual antenea? i did like a dummy and the same thing happened to me a couple of years ago....for me lesson learned.
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did you mess with any wiring recently? like radio, alarm, anything?
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i put a radio in. my buddy wired it. it has a non power antenea. i unplugged the antenea and tried turning them on and nothing.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by littlered06 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i put a radio in. my buddy wired it. it has a non power antenea. i unplugged the antenea and tried turning them on and nothing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you can thank your buddy for shorting something then. this is why you always disconnect your battery...
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put the new cd player in and 10sec later the tails and dash went out. want pics of the wiring see what you guys think?
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like i said man you need to check all your wires fuses and connections. you shorted something for sure. im sorry man but thats how it happens...
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i unplugged the radio all together and disconnected the battery the re connected it and tried it still no dash lights no running tails. they only work when i hit the peddle
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pm sent.
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like everyone else said, the cluster and tail lights are run off the same circuit and fuse. you most likely shorted a wire when installing the radio.
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you have a short. ftw!
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ok where should i look for the short?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by littlered06 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok where should i look for the short?</TD></TR></TABLE>

look at all your fuses, and stuff and look at all your wires. bare wires are bad news. trace everything. i havent done anything that you have done so i have no idea what to look for...but those are shortage problems...
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Hey man,

I have the exact same problem as you. Here's my story. i have a '94 teg...during the day im fine. i hit my brakes and the lights come on. when i go to turn my night lights on...fuse #10, the one that has the running brake lights, cluster, and lic plate light keeps on going out. i had my radio rewired and erverything was fine. then one day, the fuze started to go out again. i still havent found the problem yet.

it cant be my bulbs since the brakes work during the day. wondering if its a cluster light grounding problem or maybe a radio wire is still bare. im going to check on it right now. but i am experiencing the same problem as you. So let me know if you figure anything out. Because i cant even drive at night.
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have 94 ls had tail light problem fuse kept blowing from a big short to ground found a sub pre-out touching behind radio and since i have the dimmer hooked up it kept blowing the fuse. thought id post this maybe itll help out. after taping the wire up and replacing the fuse tail lights work fine
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ive fgured it out too!!! it was one of the "microphone" looking plug that goes in your head unit. i had an extention that had bare metal on it that hit the frame of my head unit support.

everything is great now. honestly...check your radio and all loose connections
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i looked everywhere behind the dash i cant find anything. the fuses are good. i tried undoing the battery taking the headunit out and then hooking up the battery without the radio. same thing no lights. dose anyone know where the grounds are? blow a ground?
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