Dashboard lights dead!

[bryanz0r]

Hi,

I'm new here and I tried searching the forums for the type of problem I had but i wasn't able to find an exact answer..

For about 4 months now my interior lights (around the AC, Radio, Hazard button lights, Tach needles) are all off I tried changing the fuses under the driver side, but to no avail! when I'm driving at nights it's pure dark in the car, has this happened to any DSM'er?


Any help or advice would be appreciated!

 

[1g_tsi_awd]

Check your relays?

 

[bryanz0r]

I apologize if I sound a bit car-dumb, but are those located on the driver side of the engine bay? they're the little black box shaped things, there's about three. how would I go about checking them?

thank you very much for the help!

 

[1g_tsi_awd]

http://members.shaw.ca/dsm.1000q/Engineprimer/2G/relaybox.htm

Read the bottom line on that page.. You need a shop manual. (i.e. chilton or something along those lines.)

 

[bryanz0r]

Thanks for the information, any other tips are appreciated!

 

[totalazneclipse]

Check the fuses, relays and if all else has failed, pull the gauge cluster out and look at the circui board that is attached to the rear of the cluster to make sure that nothing is burnt out there. That happened to me when I switched out the bulbs to leds.

Here's a pic of the circuitboard: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=151237938#post151237938

EDIT: I forgot to tell you. If the circuitboard turns out to be your problem, you can get one from norco mitsubishi's website (norcomitsubishi.com) and they sell them for around $20 shipped.

 

[Defiant]

Instrument dimmer switch.

 

[1g_tsi_awd]

Instrument dimmer switch.

Good call. Did you check that out?

 

[bryanz0r]

Yes, it's one of the first things I did, the weird part is, the check engine, check oil, low-fuel lights work fine, because before i start up the car they light up, it's only like the tach + speedometer needles and all the dashboard lights that don't light up, i'm going to go check out some of the relay switches to see if that may be the cause, thanks for the support guys, you rock. power