Rinkrat456

I recently put footwell lights in a 2000 Honda Civic 2Dr. I tapped into the cigarette lighter for a 12v source and sparked the positive and negative once before I taped off a cut wire. Now the cigarette lighter doesn't work and the gauges wont light up at night. Does anyone know of which fuse I might have blown? I looked in the manual and visually checked the interior fuse pannel but none seemed to be blown.

I also had this problem in my GMC Sonoma, same install of the lights and everything, where the gauges wouldn't light up and the cigarette lighter wouldn't supply power.

Does anyone know which fuse to check or is there another problem that can be fixed/replaced? Thanks all in advanced!

05blkrs

just look on the fuse box cover...... or in the owners manual they'll have a list.. it may be labeled as illum or something like that.....

Rinkrat456

While I've got this thread open, I'm sure someone knows what the speaker sizes are front and back.

Are they 6.5" in the doors and 6x9's in the trunk/rear?

Thanks again!

Rinkrat456

Just to update, I had some time with the car last night and noticed two fuses were blown. One controlled the cigarette socket and the other fixed a beeping alarm when the keys were forgotten in the ignition.

I still can't get the gauges to light up. There's a fuse that says Instrument Illumination. That fuse is good but the gauges wont light up at night.

Any ideas?

pico

Maybe the bulb that lights up the gauges is burned out?????

05blkrs

turn up the dimmer switch..... i know it's common sense but everyone does it at some point.. ast least most ppl... imo

Rinkrat456

Dimmer switch is all the way up. Any other ideas?

05blkrs

idk then... check the cluster for a good connection.. btw they should, SHOULD be 5 1/4 in the doors.. and i believe the 6X9 is right for the rear deck...

Rinkrat456

Thanks 05blkrs.

Actually I'm pretty sure I figured out what it is. I didn't think mentioning I just installed a Pioneer deck would be of any concern. The wiring harness for the deck has an illumination wire (orange with white stripe) and I hooked that up to the existing gauge illumination wire back there. I'm leaning more towards that since it is the only thing that could constantly ground out the power going to the gauges.


5.25" in the doors.
6x9's in the rear/trunk?

05blkrs

in that case just adjust your dimmer settings on the radio...

Rinkrat456

It's not the radio. I cut off the illumination wires simply because they're not needed. I checked every fuse in the fuse pannel with a green light tester, even checked every fuse under the hood in that sub pannel. All were good, even the Instrument Illumination fuse. I took apart the gauge assembly and checked every bulb in the gauge cluster. All were good.

Im at a loss for what to do next. I'm about ready to throw in the towel and take it to a Honda dealer.

Anything else I might have overlooked?

05blkrs

before you do that go into the fuse panel w/ a 12 volt test light.. you're losing power somewhere.. try to track at what point you're losing power.. turn the lgihts on and the dimmer all the way up, and test the fuse for current.. on both sides.. sometimes it can look fine but be blown.. jsut a thought.. where are you located? not in texas i'm guessing.. otherwise i'd look at it for you...

Rinkrat456

Minnesota.

I don't know how you Honda Civic owners fit under the dash. There's no room under there at all!

Could it be a relay?

Rinkrat456

Just to follow up. I brought it into the dealership and they found it was the dimmer switch. Not that I didn't have it turned up, but instead that it was fried completely. Funny I didn't catch that either because I took that pannel apart. Apparently it was black from being grounded out.

Part is $65 and car is all good now.