my guage lights went out.

mopar9012 · #1 02-23-2011, 08:52 PM

So yesterday I put in a new alpine head unit and everything went well and everything still worked. So today Im pulling out of a parking lot and my right speakers go out and then all my lights on the dash go out except the radio. So I take the alpine out and my right audio wire was disconnected(my friend advised I use these great wire connectors that work like crap) anyways, i get that back hooked up and my speakers work again. So in the owners manual there apparently is no one fuse thats for the dash lights that I could find, so I checked a couple that related to any kind of lights ont he dash and they are all fine.
Does this sound like a fuse problem? what gets me is I went to walmart with my lights inside the cab working, I crank it back up and they arent?
Not really a big deal but I would like them to work.

Kmartcivic · #2 03-18-2011, 11:37 AM

Make sure your illumination wire (orange wire on aftermarket plug in harness) and dimmer (orange/white) are insulated good. Sounds like its grounding out.

allathlete5 · #3 05-16-2011, 01:21 AM

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I'm wondering if this worked... I just put in a set 12" subs and tonight right when I turned the truck on and the lights on they went out... The only lights not working are in the cluster and the AC control things, everything else works fine! Should I pull the head unit out and make sure those two wires are insulated well and not able to hit anything??

mopar9012 · #4 05-17-2011, 05:53 AM

It was just a blown fuse I overlooked.

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Btw mine blew when I was hooking up my new headunit as well. Check the fuse box under the hood. That should be it.

westtntrucker · #5 05-17-2011, 02:18 PM

When your dash lights go out, you have no tail lights either. They are set up on the same fuse. This is a engineered safety feature.
You can see your dash lights out and replace the fuse. Most people never check to make sure thier tail lights and brake lights are working.