guage and temp controll lights not working

Ryguy33 · April 4th, 2010, 08:24 PM

i checked the all the fuses in the car and all of them are fine..what could be my problem?

Ryguy33 · April 5th, 2010, 12:23 PM

anyone?

Evil Klown · April 5th, 2010, 01:47 PM

its not a fuse but a light bulbs in your instrument cluster, u have to take it apart and you will see the small light bulbs on the printed circuit board.

Ryguy33 · April 5th, 2010, 02:01 PM

so one burnt bulb can cause everything to not light up?

Evil Klown · April 5th, 2010, 02:13 PM

so its the entire cluster? once you turn on your lights your dont have any instrument lights?

Evil Klown · April 5th, 2010, 02:18 PM

if that is the cause then i would check the volts coming out of your dimmer switch, that could cause the problem, if it is just a few gauges not lighting up on your dash then i would check the bulbs on your instrument panel.

Ryguy33 · April 5th, 2010, 02:31 PM

the only ones that dont work are the ones that dimm.
because the theft light turn signals cheak engine lights all work.

Ryguy33 · April 5th, 2010, 02:31 PM

and to cheak the dimmer switch i just put one end of the tester in the power and one to the ground?

Ryguy33 · April 5th, 2010, 02:57 PM

so i just cheaked the headlight switch and the only one that doesnt work it the gray wire...which im guessing is the ground

Evil Klown · April 5th, 2010, 03:01 PM

when you turn on your headlight switch and turn the dimmer knob back and forth watch your instument cluster and your radio and a/c lights and fog lights and tac control lights, they should all dim with your instument cluster as you turn the knob, to test it you wanna use a volt meter, turn the headlight knob to the full illumination postion, measure the volts between the instrument cluster connector pin 4, wire color (LB/RD), and just use the chassis as a ground....the volts should read above 10volts. After that you wanna check the ground side of the dimmer switch. measure the resistance between the instument cluster pin 1 wire color (BK) to ground. if the resistance is less than 5 ohms then your dimmer switch is good but your instrument panel is bad......chances are is that your dimmer switch is bad, most common compared to instrument cluster going bad.

Evil Klown · April 5th, 2010, 03:12 PM

its best to check the ohms on the dimmer switch, between R1 and I1 the voltmeter will show good ohms increasing..

April 4th, 2010, 08:24 PM	#1
Ryguy33 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang Gt 3 seconds......flat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: L.A. , California Posts: 1,916 iTrader: 1 reviews	guage and temp controll lights not working i checked the all the fuses in the car and all of them are fine..what could be my problem? __________________ Mods = stuff to make me take corner faster

April 5th, 2010, 12:23 PM	#2
Ryguy33 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang Gt 3 seconds......flat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: L.A. , California Posts: 1,916 iTrader: 1 reviews	anyone? __________________ Mods = stuff to make me take corner faster

April 5th, 2010, 02:01 PM	#4
Ryguy33 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang Gt 3 seconds......flat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: L.A. , California Posts: 1,916 iTrader: 1 reviews	so one burnt bulb can cause everything to not light up? __________________ Mods = stuff to make me take corner faster

April 5th, 2010, 02:31 PM	#7
Ryguy33 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang Gt 3 seconds......flat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: L.A. , California Posts: 1,916 iTrader: 1 reviews	the only ones that dont work are the ones that dimm. because the theft light turn signals cheak engine lights all work. __________________ Mods = stuff to make me take corner faster

April 5th, 2010, 02:31 PM	#8
Ryguy33 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang Gt 3 seconds......flat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: L.A. , California Posts: 1,916 iTrader: 1 reviews	and to cheak the dimmer switch i just put one end of the tester in the power and one to the ground? __________________ Mods = stuff to make me take corner faster

April 5th, 2010, 01:47 PM	#3
Evil Klown Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 134 iTrader: 0 reviews	its not a fuse but a light bulbs in your instrument cluster, u have to take it apart and you will see the small light bulbs on the printed circuit board.

April 5th, 2010, 02:13 PM	#5
Evil Klown Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 134 iTrader: 0 reviews	so its the entire cluster? once you turn on your lights your dont have any instrument lights?

April 5th, 2010, 02:18 PM	#6
Evil Klown Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 134 iTrader: 0 reviews	if that is the cause then i would check the volts coming out of your dimmer switch, that could cause the problem, if it is just a few gauges not lighting up on your dash then i would check the bulbs on your instrument panel.

April 5th, 2010, 02:57 PM	#9
Ryguy33 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang Gt 3 seconds......flat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: L.A. , California Posts: 1,916 iTrader: 1 reviews	so i just cheaked the headlight switch and the only one that doesnt work it the gray wire...which im guessing is the ground __________________ Mods = stuff to make me take corner faster

April 5th, 2010, 03:01 PM	#10
Evil Klown Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 134 iTrader: 0 reviews	when you turn on your headlight switch and turn the dimmer knob back and forth watch your instument cluster and your radio and a/c lights and fog lights and tac control lights, they should all dim with your instument cluster as you turn the knob, to test it you wanna use a volt meter, turn the headlight knob to the full illumination postion, measure the volts between the instrument cluster connector pin 4, wire color (LB/RD), and just use the chassis as a ground....the volts should read above 10volts. After that you wanna check the ground side of the dimmer switch. measure the resistance between the instument cluster pin 1 wire color (BK) to ground. if the resistance is less than 5 ohms then your dimmer switch is good but your instrument panel is bad......chances are is that your dimmer switch is bad, most common compared to instrument cluster going bad.

April 5th, 2010, 03:12 PM	#11
Evil Klown Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 134 iTrader: 0 reviews	its best to check the ohms on the dimmer switch, between R1 and I1 the voltmeter will show good ohms increasing..

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