Dash Lights Won't Work!
03-23-2004, 05:06 AM
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Dash Lights Won't Work!
Yesterday I installed the OEM Foglights for my 2000 Civic Si. I did the trick to turn on the fogs with the parking light. Well as far as I know, that night the dash lights did work, but today in the morning I turned on my parking lights and the dash lights didn't come on. My immediate solution for this is that there is a blown fuse. Does anyone else have any other ideas before I get a chance to check this out later today.
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03-23-2004, 07:11 AM
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Re: Dash Lights Won't Work! (JRI94)
ditto, check the fuse. when i took out a add-a-fuse thing a couple months ago i forgot to replace the original one and my dash lights didn't work. simple fix! gl.
03-23-2004, 08:54 AM
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Re: Dash Lights Won't Work! (Jonas99)
When I noticed the problem I was in a hurry in the morning so I didn't have time to check out everything. I went during lunch today and noticed that my signal and tail lights do not turn on either (didn't get to check the fogs or head lights). I know these all lead to the same fuse which leads me to my question. Obviously the fuse is blown, but what would've caused it to blow if it did work perfectly fine last night. In the tutorial for the fog light trick (allowing them to run with parking lights on), it calls for me to replace a 5 amp fuse with a 10 amp fuse for the tail lights/signal lights/etc. Well after inspecting the fuse box, it had a 7.5 amp fuse for the tail lights/signal lights/etc, so I still went ahead and replaced it with a 10 amp fuse. Could this be the problem?
03-23-2004, 09:07 AM
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Re: Dash Lights Won't Work! (JRI94)
Well the thing is that I did replace the 7.5 amp fuse with a 10 amp fuse. I think I did read somewhere that someone was actually able to even keep it with the 7.5 amp fuse. I'm leaning towards the idea of a bad ground, but I'm open to any other suggestions. I just want to avoid blowing a bunch of fuses. Thanks!!
03-23-2004, 11:21 AM
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Re: Dash Lights Won't Work! (Marcos)
I got some more time to check out my car. Apparently it was so bright outside that I couldn't see that the signal lights and tailights were coming on. Anyways, I have pin pointed my problem. It turns out that whenever I arm my alarm, and the signals are supposed to flash from it arming, it causes the fuse to blow. This fuse is 7.5 amps. Since I did that parking light trick, I think that might be my problem. Any suggestions as to what I should do? 10 amp fuse? Change alarm settings to not flash my signals?
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