so last night i installed my raybrigs on my 96 coupe. and well tonight as i went to turn them on, all of my interior lighting went out. fog lights went out. The amber background on my gauge cluster, the lighting on the climate control. BUT head lights work.. turn signals work.. even the little bulb on the gauge cluster work. What happened?

 

First try fuse #25 (7.5a) first, and then try the dimmer switch.

How, pray tell did you wire your foglights, and to what did you ground them?

 

ok well ill try the fuse tomorrow. ad i did try the dimmer switch. its gone. hahah

well i used the original harness that came with the fogs. and its grounded all seperatly to the chassi.

 

Is it the harness that plugs into the two accessory ports on the fusebox or the one that plugs into the headlight switch?

 

the one with the two accessory port

 

bump/

changed the fuse already

and does anyone know the part number for a control lock box for a civic 96-00

 

bump.

i rechecked my fuses. re wired my grounds. and still nothing.

 

Have you checked the dimmer switch?

 

what do you mean by that???

 

I mean, usually when dash lights go out and fuses are fine, then the dimmer switch has gone bad.

 

ohhhh i see . . . i will sure check that tomorrow. Thanks Eran

 

bump.


can anyone ttell how to check to see if my dimmer switch has gone bad?

 

unplug the dimmer switch, jumper the red and black wires together.
turn on your parklights (first position) if the dash lights come on full then the wiring is fine. Turn off the lights.
Remove jumper, plug back in the dimmer, check that dimmer is turned all the way up, turn on lights again, if dash lights remain off then the dimmer is bad.

have you checked all of the fuses? (underdash and underhood)

it sounds like you hooked something up wrong with the fog lights.

 

sorry but whats jumper the red and black wire? lol

and yeah i went through all the fuses under the dash and on the engine bay.

and well its the stock harness and well i guess ill pull everything apart again and do it again.

 

pull the connector from the dimmer (after pulling the dimmer out of the dash, it pulls right out)
take a paperclip and insert it into the red and black wire locations in the plug.

 

does it have to be a paperclip?

cant seem to find one in my house

could i use like speaker wire or something like taht?

 

just gotta make a connection between the red and the black wires