gauge cluster lighting?????

[Project_S13_180]

my lights behind my gauge cluster went out recently, i've changed the bulbs and checked fuses....still no light...could it be my dimmer switch by my steering wheel? someone help me i cant see how fast im going at night time!!

[droptopsilvia]

does it really matter how fast you're going????my gauge lights have long since stopped working and my speedo is 10mph off. I dont have a real solution but at least you have an excuse if you get pulled over

if youve already replaced the bulbs and fuses it could be wiring or the dimmer switch is turned down, dunno

[Project_S13_180]

i'd still like to have lights...can somebody please help?

[quiksilvia]

does it really matter how fast you're going????my gauge lights have long since stopped working and my speedo is 10mph off. I dont have a real solution but at least you have an excuse if you get pulled over

if youve already replaced the bulbs and fuses it could be wiring or the dimmer switch is turned down, dunno

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some people have had a connection go loose behind the cluster, was it gradual or just one day they dont come on? guages still work?

[Project_S13_180]

the gauge lights havent worked since i bought the car like last week, i been tryin to fix all the little problems and the gauge lights are the last thing i need to fix, since i have 2 cars my mom sometimes drives one or the other so having gauge lights is a must

[quiksilvia]

but the guages themselves work? i would suggest that if all fuses are ok, check the connections in back, maybe one of them isnt going in all the way, but if u can borrow a working dimmer switch to see if thats the prob, do that first

[solaris22]

if all else fails....buy some wire and rig it so it works

[slakker]

The gauge wires do get worked loose. It is the big harnesses on the bottom portion of the back. Use a zip tie and tie them together to put pressure on the harnesses

[rico05]

Heck, just goet some indiglo cauges off eBay. Look mad tight yo!

[midnightsliding]

It could be a number of thing well only like 3 that i can think of right off the top of my head, it could be faulty wiring, it could be a short to ground, or a the relay has gone bad, if its in the harness u could go to the junk yard and buy another one. or u can use a multimetter to check the Voltage trough out the wires untill you find the problem. this also happend to me my HUD and gauge cluster did this, and i noticed if i hit a pretty big bump that they would finly come on, so I serched and i had a short to ground. the wires had rubbed through the plastic insulator around the wire.hope this helped you out, it took me about an hour to fix my problem.

[180fan]

hmm did you check for continuity through your dimmer switch just under the instrument cluster on the left side of the steering wheel? I'll post up what I can find thursday or friday about what connectors are supposed to have continuity when the switch is in on and off positions if you can wait that long or if someone posts that up earlier. Just a thought though.