I have a 1996 Civic Hatch CX and, I recently bought a CTR Cluster and when i went to install the cluster everything worked fine, but the lights that light up the numbers and needles dont light up... everything else lights up fine (turn signals, parking brake, seat belt, high beams, etc...).... if anyone can help me out that would be great.... thanks in advance.... -Elson

 

maybe the bulbs are missing or possibly burnt out

 

all the bulbs are in there..... if one of the bulbs is burnt out could it make the rest of them not work? but then the one that are lighting up now wouldnt work either but they are..... help please....

 

The bulbs that light up the needles are on top of the cluster. There's two of them.

 

Replace all your bulbs from your stock cluster. My EG6 cluster had 3 burnt bulbs.

 

if one of the bulbs is burnt out would it cause the rest of the lights not to work?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elson23 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if one of the bulbs is burnt out would it cause the rest of the lights not to work?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, it's not wired in series like the old XMAS trees. pull each bulb and do a visual inspection. you should see that the metal coil thingie is not broken. also see if the bulb is discolored=burnt out.

 

im going to sit down tomorrow and check all the bulbs..... i was also wondering since the CTR Clusters dont dim could it be that the dimmer switch already in my car is getting in the way?? thanks for the help everyone

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1242373

in my thread here. guy says that the JDM EG clusters don't operate with a dimmer. Don't know if the same is true for the EK's

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Laserjock &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1242373

in my thread here. guy says that the JDM EG clusters don't operate with a dimmer. Don't know if the same is true for the EK's</TD></TR></TABLE>Sorry, but thats false, only jdm cars from japan dont have the dimmer. Hence you puttin the jdm cluster..will not result in the same function.

I have had countless jdm cluster in different cars..and all of them including DC,Ek and Eg have worked with the u.s dimmer switch. Its all in the switch and not in the cluster

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MinorityGreg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry, but thats false, only jdm cars from japan dont have the dimmer. Hence you puttin the jdm cluster..will not result in the same function.

I have had countless jdm cluster in different cars..and all of them including DC,Ek and Eg have worked with the u.s dimmer switch. Its all in the switch and not in the cluster </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ah, I did not know that. Thanks for clearing that up. That makes sense then cause the cluster will illuminate only as brightly as the voltage being sent to it. Either from the dimmer or direct 12V.

 

hmmmm..... when i had my stock CX cluster the dimmer works fine..... but when i plug in the CTR cluster the lights dont come on period... but yet all the climate controls dim like normal.... i have no clue whats going on.....

 

Quick Bump......

 

im havin the same exact problem with my stock cluster, i recently bought an eg vx hatch and put a jdm b18c in it. the speedometer and tach dont light up when i turn my lights on but every other light works fine.....its hard to drive at night with no cluster lights

 

My buddy had that problem, It was his dimmer switch that controls the brightness of the gauge lights. He raplaced it and it worked perfect. $5 from a junkyard.

 

"im going to sit down tomorrow and check all the bulbs..... i was also wondering since the CTR Clusters dont dim could it be that the dimmer switch already in my car is getting in the way?? thanks for the help everyone"

I took my dimmer switch out all to gether so no that is not the problem. if you have changed out bulb and still nothing I personaly would get my money back hopefully if you got it off ebay you didn't give positive feedback w/o checking it first.

 

the thing is that the dimmer switch works fine with the stock cluster.....

 

I have JDM EK4 gauges that don't dim, but my dimmer switch is still in and everything works fine. Did you put you stock guages back in and test the swicth? That's crazy wierd. I don't know then. If you want to sell them let me know.

 

yea i put in my stock cluster to make sure everything was working fine and it is..... if i have to sell it or return it i will.....

 

If you can't return it let me know, I will buy.

 

BUMP.....

 

BUMP.... for anymore info on problem.... :D