dashboard lights?

[chance 0]

This evening i started my corrado and noticed there are no lights on the dashboard. Everything else works fine, blinker lights, brake... Everything is ok, only when i turn my lights on, dasboard is still in dark... maybe a relay problem? can anyone post some suggestions where to take a first look at?

thanks in advance....

:cuckoo:

 

p.s. lights are out only on speedometer and gauges... i have lighst on switch for lights

[Blue_Joe 0]

10amp fuse blown in fusebox most likely

[chance 0]

1 Headlight Left, Terminal 56A 10 199

2 Headlight Right, Terminal 56A 10 204

3 Instrument Panel Light Dimmer Switch 10 247

4 Rear Window Wiper Motor 15 280

5 Windshield Wiper Motor 15 284

6 Fresh Air Blower Switch 20 23

7 Brake/Tail Lights, Right 10 235

8 Brake/Tail Lights, Left 10 228

9 Rear Window Defogger Switch 20 270

10 Open

11 Headlight Left, Terminal 56B 10 199

12 Headlight Right, Terminal 56B 10 204

13 Horn 15 33

14 Back-up Light Switch, Washer Nozzle Heater 10 262

15 Crankcase Ventilation Heating Element 10 97

16 Voltmeter, Engine Oil Pressure Gauge 15 173

17 Emergency Flashers Switch 10 215

18 HO2 S (Heated Oxygen Sensor) Control 20 53

19 Coolant FC (Fan Control) Thermoswitch 30 31

20 Brake Light Switch 10 233

21 Cigarette Lighter 15 170

22 Radio 10 296

 

fuse 3?

[Henny 0]

yup, fuse 3 or the contacts on the dimmer switch have given up and need some cleaning and re-adjusting (bending so that they touch the resistive coil again! ;) )

 

Do the lights in ALL of the switches still work, or is it ALL dash illumination that's gone? (ignore the headlamp switch, as it's not on the dimmer circuit! ;) )

[Reggit 0]

You haven't accidently turned them off using the dimmer(next to headlight switch) have you? I've done that one a few times

[G60Dan 0]

You haven't accidently turned them off using the dimmer(next to headlight switch) have you? I've done that one a few times

 

LOL! I was going to say that :D

[golddust 0]

Bugger, I decided to see if this was the cause of my lack of dash illumination and... well I'm half way there. Fuse 3 WAS blown and I've got a new headlight switch. SO, I swapped fuse 3 and it blew as soon as I put the lights on.

 

Guess this means I've got a short circuit.... Any ideas where to start looking?

 

Anyone got a wiring diagram for this circuit?

 

(Incidentally hiding the fuse box behind that pocket/tray made it extra hard to find!)

[chance 0]

You haven't accidently turned them off using the dimmer(next to headlight switch) have you? I've done that one a few times

 

could be.... this wouldn't catch my mind, thanks for suggestion

have to check it all,

i will let you know the results

still i believe it is the fuse, just didn't had time to solve it out

[chance 0]

You haven't accidently turned them off using the dimmer(next to headlight switch) have you? I've done that one a few times

 

this was the issue....

:oops:

[golddust 0]

I've fixed mine too!!!

 

I've learnt the value of a quality fuse.

The fuses in my corrado are all the same brand and are the horseshoe shape type where there is no plastic accross the top. I blew 4 of those testing the circuit so I put in one from RS components where it's the normal whole rectangle of plastic like Halfords do. Didn't blow and the lights work for the first time in 6 weeks!

 

I would have taken apart the whole dash on Saturday if I hadn't tried a different make of fuse!

[golddust 0]

BUGGER, it was all fine for the drive home from work. Then later I went over a speedbump and the dash lights went out again!

Any ideas where the fault will be?

[Critical_Mass 10]

Sounds like a loose connection behind the cluster, if it happened when you went over a bump.