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04-23-2011, 01:02 AM
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Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
my insrument cluster has gone out but all the little lights such as hi beams still work. i have checked the fuses and taken apart the dash to look at the bulbs but everything is fine. I dont know what else to check, if any1 has advice please let me know. thanks
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04-23-2011, 02:50 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
hmm id say replace the all light related fuses
my issue was a fog light related fuse (i had this issue too)
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04-23-2011, 04:11 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
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my insrument cluster has gone out but all the little lights such as hi beams still work. i have checked the fuses and taken apart the dash to look at the bulbs but everything is fine. I dont know what else to check, if any1 has advice please let me know. thanks
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The dash illumination and exterior running lights (except headlights) are usually on the same fuse. The fuse # varies by year but is often found in the fuse/relay box under the hood. Either post the year in this thread or use the link in my signature to look it up in your year owners manual.
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04-23-2011, 11:21 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
Its a 2000 v6 3.0
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04-23-2011, 12:03 PM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
2000 instrument cluster backlighting: Fuse #11 in the underhood box
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
haha sure enough that was the one. i checked the fuse box in the car but not the relay under the hood. thanks for the help bud
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04-23-2011, 05:20 PM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
Keep an eye on it because, like I said before, your exterior lights (tails, side markers, license lights, etc.) are all on that fuse too. If it blows again, you'll need to track down the short to ground or whatever is causing it.
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
will do. thanks again
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
i have a 95 4.0 doing the same thing, i checked the fuses on the side of the dash and they are all good, the radio lights and the a/c lights all work just not the instrument cluster. could all the bulbs have gone out in the cluster? any help?
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10-08-2011, 11:27 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
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The fuse # varies by year but is often found in the fuse/relay box under the hood. Use the link in Bob's signature to look it up in your year owners manual
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Chances are that your problem is the same, or you could have burnt out all the bulbs at once. However, unless the bulbs burnt out one by one, I highly doubt they all burnt out at once. Check the simple stuff first. Open the hood, find the relay box that should be fairly obvious and near the battery. Go from there.
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10-08-2011, 11:44 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
i looked at the relays under the hood and i looked in the manual and i dont think any of them had to deal with the cluster, but im sure there has to be a relay for the cluster
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10-10-2011, 05:36 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
I looked for a relay and there isn't one. Also called advance auto parts and they don't even list a relay for it. Any other ideas?
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10-10-2011, 06:35 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
I fixed it every bulb was blown in the cluster. Couldn't believe it
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10-12-2011, 08:55 AM
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Re: Instrument cluster is dark. PLS HELP
did you make sure the dimmer knob was rolled all the way up?
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