Gauge Lights

[BuddyGuy]

I recently had my deck jacked out of my 2003 Sentra GXE...

Now, I don't have gauge lighting, or any lights around the AC controls.

Checked all fuses under dash and under the hood near the battery.

Any suggestions?

[s13sr20chris]

check the dimmer switch as it is a common culprit. also check fuses as they may have shorted your interior lighting fuse.

[BuddyGuy]

Yep.. it was the dimmer switch....

After looking at Michells electrical schematics, you can easily see if you touch the two illumination wires together, it would create a short, causing the dimmer switch to burn out.

Thanks much.

Also on a very important side note,

The illumination in the driver's side power window button, the one marked "AUTO" is not connected to the dimmer circuit and has a seperate ground.

So in short, if you "AUTO" is lit up, but no gauge lights, then its most likely the dimmer switch and not a fuse.
Modified by BuddyGuy at 4:59 PM 10/18/2004

[BuddyGuy]

Btw, what years of Sentra's dimmer switches are interchangable?

I have a 2003... will a 97 work?

[s13sr20chris]

i dunno.