I tried painting my light bulbs competition orange and then put them back in. The cluster didn't light up at all. Later I noticed that my parking lights and rear tails do not light up(flash) when I turn my alarm on and off, but the gauge cluster does light up like normal. Is something not plugged in? Is a fuse blown?

So:

All my lights work fine except the gauge cluster when I turn on my headlights.

The gauge cluster does flash on then off when I turn my alarm on...like normal. So the bulbs do work in the gauge cluster.

The parking lamps and tails turn on like normal when I turn my lights on, but they do not flash on then off when I turn my alarm on and off.

Any clue as to what it could be? Fuse? Something not plugged in? Alarm system?

Thanks people!

Dan

 

i would start by checking you fuses.
if thats not it i would start looking for a short.
your gauge cluster and your parking lights are on the same fuse.

 

Also I noticed the little buzzer that lets you know your lights are on(when you turn the car off) isn't working either.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drklver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would start by checking you fuses.
if thats not it i would start looking for a short.
your gauge cluster and your parking lights are on the same fuse.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well, if they are on the same fuse, why do the parking lights turn on when I turn on my headlights? they also turn on when I just flip the headlight control one click...you know so just your parking lights come one. This is really weird. Does anyone have a clue where I should look for something that is not plugged in? Could it be a ground wire somewhere?

 

sounds like the alarm parking light trigger is tapped into the parking light circuit somewhere between the cluster and the rest of you car.
there is a break in the circuit between your cluster (dash) and the rest of you car. my bet is that your dimmer switch isn't plugged in

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dantastic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sounds like the alarm parking light trigger is tapped into the parking light circuit somewhere between the cluster and the rest of you car.
there is a break in the circuit between your cluster (dash) and the rest of you car. my bet is that your dimmer switch isn't plugged in</TD></TR></TABLE>

well, if it wasn't plugged in...i wouldn't be able to use the dimmer at all right? but I can...even though the gauge doesn't light up when my lights turn on, it does flash on and off when i turn my alarm on and off and i adjusted the brightness and it up and down..and you can tell it brightens and dims...even though you can see the lights for only a few seconds when the alarm is turned on and off...did that make sense? lol

 

it was the fuse

 

The 30A fuse under the hood. Happened to me before.

 

it was a little 7.5amp fuse under the dash