ok so today when im heading to autozone to pick up some fuses, i turn on my driving lights, they work, then i turn on my headlights, and my gauge dims to no light, my speedometer goes to 0, and same with the RPM. i was like WTF. anyone know what can cause this? blown fuse maybe?

 

no ideas?

 

could be a fuse, a short in the headlight switch, or short in the cluster

 

well the headlights and everything were working fine a couple days ago. i just put in stock headlights though, could that be it? or could it be something else.

 

is the ground wire connected from the valve cover to radiator support by the driver headlight?

 

nope

 

it should be----ground wires cause some strange problems if they are not connected

 

well the ground wire from the valve cover is grounded to the chasis, not to the radiator support. i was doing a little investigating, and when my car has the e-brake on, all is well, but when i take it off and its just sitting and the lights are on, it makes a ding sound, then the gauges shut down and half the lights are on in the gauges.

 

anyone know where i can get that checked out at since i cant figure it out?

 

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I just wanted to know if it was grounded at all, thanks for clarifying.

The e-brake switch sends a signal to the cluster to light up "BRAKE" light. Sounds like you have a short in the cluster, in my opinion.

 

thanks for the help, ill see if i can get that fixed

 

any more ideas??

 

alright, so my left headlight lights up perfectly, high and low, but my right one is dim high and low, and my gauges go all funny. so... right light fuses? anyone help?

 

did all these problems start when you were installing the foglights on the other thread you have?

 

well, i really dont know, but i didnt touch anything that had to do with the headlight wiring

 

oem foglights tie into the factory lighting circuit

 

do u think that when i plugged the OEM foglight wire into the fuse box it could have effected the headlights?

 

sounds like you found your problem....

 

so do u think that it blew the headlight fuse or what? last night i was messing around with them and heard some popping or clicking, was that the fuses busting?

 

?

 

FIXED! thanks to a flyin hawaiian

 

what was it, alternator?

 

it was a ground that needed to be replaced in the engine bay