HELP HELPEMERGENCY PELASE HELP :-(

[Romeo5k]

here's the thing. I jumped in the car.. turned it on got to moving and turned on lights...and my high beam came on.. I have no dash lighs at all either. no cluster.. no nothing but dome and door lights. and I turnd off the car and tried restarting and same thing.. the highbeams came on wtf is going on. I ned to get my cr home and driving with high beams is illegal.. can someone please help me so I may get home
Modified by Romeo5k at 11:27 AM 3/22/2009

[Infinitiguy19]

Check all the fuses.

What did you do that may hve caused this?

[maxnix]

I think if you get pulled over for not dimming, you can easily demonstate why.

Do your fog lights operate on the low beam setting?

[Romeo5k]

othing to my knowledge i just turend on this car and voila lights is gone and no dash or cluster lights.. and then to make this all worse.. im using my treo phone to get onn the intet to talk to yall cause no one around has internet.. looks like im gonna be spenidng the night here eh?

[Infinitiguy19]

Then the problem is intermitent like possibly a alternator, battery or relays.

[oldmako]

Just drive it home...relax.

Blue Hairs and Morons do it all the time. While you're at it, switch into full blown tool mode and sit in the left lane going about 10-15 below the posted speed limit.... and leave one blinker on at all times. Give the finger to anyone who politely flashes their hi-beams at you to move over. Just sit there....don't move over at any cost! After all, you pay taxes right?? So YOU OWN that lane. When they get frustrated and ride your bumper, either slow down on jump on your brakes. If possible, find another self appointed Czar of highway safety going the same (or slower) speed and match it. Kind of like synchronized swimming only without the hot chicks and their PERFECT lean, lithe, supple, shapely, tanned bodies.....but I digress.

If you MUST move over.....haul a** all of a sudden and cut back in front of whomever was trying to get around you. Then, resume your highway safety program. Just remember, speed kills!! NOT morons in cars...just speed. Don't forget the finger! This is a great time to adjust your rear view mirror. The more you fumble with it, the further back the guy on your bumper will drop.

You may want to leave one foot lightly on the brake pedal....better yet...more ON the brake than off....give repeated pulses to warn other drivers that YOUR NOT SURE OF WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE DOING AND YOU SUPPORT MIDAS!

Talk on the phone with one hand while messing with your combination GPS/DVD/SURROUND SOUND/TIVO/Mirror-Ball with the other. Drift in and out of your lane. If you're a woman by all means put on some eyeliner...steer with your knee, whatever it takes.

If you can do all this, and more, then the state of Virginia would like YOU to become a citizen and drive up and down rt 64 and rt 95 each day.If Virginia is not to your liking, then try any other state along the east coast.....NY and NJ are favorites, with NC coming in a close third. Just get out and drive on 95 baby!!

Do not under any circumstances move to SC however. Those people drive FAST and own guns. (They are my favorites to follow when the traffic allows.....ZOOOOOOOOOOM!

When you get home crack a beer and relax. You can fix those light tomorrow. It's electricity man....comes from the bat or alt....goes through fuses, wires, relays, switches etc and percolates out the appliance...It's just plumbing man!

[Raxephon]

Then the problem is intermitent like possibly a alternator, battery or relays.

Nope. Sounds more like the light switch(stalk) or the wiring to it has something amiss.

Romeo, do the gauges and the idiot lights(abs/check engine/etc...) themselves work or is the cluster completely dead?

[Romeo5k]

so u think it will be gone by tomorro?.. wtf mayn I can just shoot this car right about now...... I aint gonna drive this thing... I'm just gonna leave it here.. as for the beer.. dam rite!. as for fogs I killed those a while back.. but its kool.. I pray it fixes itself tomorro. Alternator?.. are u serious?.. okay I need two beers.

[maxnix]

The foglights are a real easy test.

[Romeo5k]

the airbag light is blinking.. and its saying I don't have my seat belt on cause I don't.. the lights that's missing is the backlight in the speedometer. I can't see the speed or nothing there.. the a/c buttons.. the defogger button.. and all dat is gone kaput! Maxnix. remember abou a year and half ago I did a conversion to HID and from that day on no more fog light.. I even check the fuses under the hood.. and I saw right ligh and left light. both were good. even the fog light. now I'm starting to get nervous again.. I'm about to go start the car and see if its anything I missed from panicing. also remember themiddle light that comes on when doors open works and the reading lights work.. I have to go check the visor lights and anythin else...

[Q451990]

I would be concerned that your HID conversion has something to do with it. I would check all of the fuses with a multimeter and go from there.

Heath

[my-G50]

did you get it?

[Romeo5k]

okay ppl. I dunno if this is gonna change the story a lil bit so here goes when I got off fone with u all.. I started car with my 791xv remote(viper alarm) three mins later I went in car and all my dash lights, door control light, etc (basically all the lights that are supposed to come on) were coming on. as u know when ur car is started with rhe remote, ur park lights blink on and off. so wen park lights blinkd on, all the proper interior lights came on.. when it went off. they went off. that's the way its supposed to work so I was certained its back working. so I turned on my lights while still on the remote start and the hid lights would come on when the park lights blinked to come on, and whn park lights supposed to go off the high beams come on.. I'm like wtf? now that doesn't make any sense.. what its suppposed to do is wen I turn on my lights, my hid are supposed to come on, and my dash and control lights are supposed to come on and stay on because lights are on.. but insteadmy hid are turning off whenn the prk lights are basically programed to turn off. don't ask me why and how. I haven't touched my hid or alarm since it was first installed. over a year ago. I wish I can record a video for u all.. but my vids come out as .3g2 format. nd I don't hae a way to upload it.. I can prolly send it as an email to someone to upload if needed but that's it.. now back to the problem.. what's the problem?

[my-G50]

have you tried putting the alarm in valet mode?

[Romeo5k]

not yet ill go try right now.. gimmie 5 mins to respond with results..

[my-G50]

good luck bro

[Romeo5k]

I still suck.. no luck there.. I put it in valet nd the blue led light stayed on.. tried lights..no go.. startedcar turned it off.. no go.. used remote then turned it off.. no go. I went under the dash and pulled out the alarm brain hook ups and I saw 2 fuses.. one red one blue.. removed both of them then tried lights with car of then on.. no go. couldn't ue remote because alrm is deactivated with both those fues off.... WOW..... quick favor. can someone either copy or link me to how to reset the computer when ur brake like is intemittently blinking.. I forgot what the title to that was. I wonder if I was to reset the sytem and make brake light stop blinking will that work.. anyone who has the time that is.. thnx.. cause I'm running out of ideas..

[my-G50]

To read Code output, proceed as follows:

1. Turn ignition On, but do not start engine.

2. Using a small screwdriver, turn diagnostic mode selector switch, located on side of ECU, fully clockwise.

3. Wait two seconds, then rotate switch to full counterclockwise position.

4. A malfunction code can be read as the long (0.6 second) blink, indicating the first digit of a two digit number and the short (0.3 second) blink, indicating the second digit.

Note: Ensure that the diagnostic switch is to the full counterclockwise position whenever the vehicle is in use.

[my-G50]

Clearing CodesA second, though more time consuming method of clearing codes involves using a small screwdriver to turn the diagnostic mode selector switch, located on the side of the ECM/ECU, fully clockwise. After waiting two seconds, rotate the switch to the full counterclockwise position. The diagnosis will end and memory will then be cleared.

[Romeo5k]

MyG50.. thnx.. but not that one.. there is another that dosnt require tools.. if I'm not mistaken there is another tht says open and close door 10 times.. lock and unlock doors and etc.. something like that.. if u can't fnd it.. its kool.. I'm about to give up andjust wait till tomorro.

[my-G50]

i have nothing but time on my hands let me look for you. if only you where in dallas i would go help you out!

[my-G50]

im sorry to say but i have look all over the net and nothing. have you checked your owners manual?

[Romeo5k]

this is what I was talking bout.. found it herehttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=237711I'm gonna go try that right now. ad hopefully it works.

[my-G50]

i will save that one. and i hope it works for you, if anything write back and let me know if it work.

[Romeo5k]

ok here goes back to square one.. i got rid of the blinking airbag light.. but i found out something new.. you know ur cruise control buttond on ur LEFT. the one that has on and off NOT THE ONE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. well u know the ON swithch has a green light on it right. and when u press it. it supposed to turn green. and it used to turn green.. now its not coming on.. im starting to believe this has to be a big relay.. something over my head... so now im about to drink abeer nd go to sleep. i got a friend who aid i can come sleep at her crib. so ill do that. and drink a brew to it. iv had enuf of tis car. if this is an electrical major disaster, im selling my car. hopefully some ppl will have inputs on this tomorro when i wake up. gn neighbor.. thnx alot for ur help.. u were a big help tonight just keeping me sane.

[my-G50]

anytime man, i know how it goes. if you need anything im usually always on. just hit me up. and good luck tomorrow. maybe a fresh start and a new day is all you need.

and dont give up on your lovely g50 cuz of some lighting issue. my climate control fan almost drove me crazy cuz when i would turn the unit off it would just go into full blast on your feet. i replaced EVERYTHING electrical that belonged to the climate control. ended up being the blower motor speed sensor. got it at a local junk yard for 3$ would i do it over again YES!!!! i love my g50 its sex on wheels.

good night man and good luck in the AM

[goody90q45]

....... and turned on lights...and my high beam came on.. I have no dash lighs at all either. no cluster.. no nothing but dome and door lights.

Got tail lights? Your problem sounds very similar to this one from a few days ago. I had the same issue a while back. Check the TAIL LAMP fuse in the engine compartment fuse box. It may also be labeled as ILL (illumination). IIRC it's the 3rd fuse in the middle row. Use a magnifying glass or test with a voltmeter as the break in the fuse can be difficult to see. Good luck.

zer...5-q45

[Q451990]

I think you need to start diagnosing things from the lighting stalk forward. My guess is that your alarm (during remote start) is feeding power to the circuit, but the swtich in the car is not.

Heath

[Romeo5k]

Goody... thanks..BINGO!!!!Now I wet under the hood and changed ou the tail lighr fuse. I think it was the fourth fuse in my car.. too bad its day time.. but by thelooks of it.. everything is back to norml.. ill know by tonight.. I'm happy it was just a fuse.. and I had a couple in the arm rest for situations like this.

[Q451990]

If that fixed it, check for melted lead on the tips of the bulbs and corrosion in the sockets.

Heath