My 98 civic has been sitting for over a year and i just put a built gsr swap in it and after finally cranking it over the dash lights did not work at all the cluster works fine but no lights are on in it or the rest of the console except the climate part thats it. my battery is now official shot from sitting and wont hold a charge but i jump start it and it runs fine and i check the lights and wont work. I have no idea what could of possibly happened that would cause this issue ive read up on things but cant find nothing to fix my problem

 

check fuse or the dimmer controller attached on the left heater/ac vent..

 

is your dimmer turned down ?

 

Lights in the climate control panel are also on the dimmer switch circuit. Do they dim and brighten as you dial the dimmer switch up and down?

 

no the switch doesnt even register at all its turned all the way up so if i got a new dimmer switch would that fix the problem