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Hey,

I got done installing a new CD player in a 01 Civic with a wiring harness. The CD player works fine but all the dash lights, includes a/c and speedometer, went out. Its weird, because the only things that come on when you turn on the lights are the left and right blinker lights, which just remain solid (no flashing). I had someone check it out (I presume they checked the fuses) and he said he's not sure what the problem is. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 
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I had the same problem with an 2005 civic I used to own. I installed a cd player and afterwards, all the gauge lights were out. My taillights also didn't work so make sure you check those too, if your taillights are out, its a fuse. I never did figure out what was wrong, I eventually cut one of the wires from the cd player harness and spliced it to a ground and it made them work.

 
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My taillights work fine, both when I apply the brake and the nighttime tail lights.

 
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its possible you might have a different problem then what I was dealing with. I know that after I grounded the wire I cut and got the lights working, the dimmer no longer worked. So I'm kinda thinking the dimmer got damaged somehow while hooking up the cd player.

I wish I knew what to tell ya to fix the problem, I went through alot of forums too but never came up with an answer. good luck with your car.

 
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You installed one of the orange wires wrong. Unplug that all orange wires and check fuses.

 
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well I put the stock radio back in...which fuses for the 01 civic would I check, because I know there are two boxes?

 
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Not near my manual or car and i dont remember. Just look at both of the diagrams.

 
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well from what I understand, all the suspected fuses were checked but seemed to be fine. what could the problem be?

 
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disconnect all the orange wires, check the "small light" fuse. if all fuse are fine, you mightve fried the illumination circuit. did you hear any pops or see/smell smoke when it happened?

 
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just checked all fuses, including small light fuse and all look good and I also put the stock radio back in to no avail. I most likely did kill the illumination circuit mentioned. how would I go about fixing this problem?

 
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im not exactly sure, you could try replacing a bulb and see if it works, but most likely all the pieces will have to be replaced, the climate controls, buttons, and cluster. its gonna suck. check ebay and junkyards and you may be able to get everything for around $100

 
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OK, well I really appreciate your help, but before I go ahead and take a look at ordering these things, I just tested the cigarette lighter real quick and that isn't working either. now what is causing this (same problem or perhaps different one)?

 
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if the lighter wont work, it has to be a fuse at least for that part.

 
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check fuses 19/20 in the under-the-hood box and fuse 18 in the under-the-dash box. Also, make sure the ignition is in ACC/ON(IG1) - the lighter (accessory) only gets power then.

 
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Hey, so I had a similar problem, on my 99 Civic, opened up a new thread, because I was experiencing my drive lights going out when I turned on the headlights and the same lack of lights in the instrument panel and climate control, yet the pre-installed stereo worked fine. Turns out that I went to a junkyard, pulled an old dimmer switch, replaced it, and now everything works fine, climate control lights included.

When you did this, did you disconnect the battery terminal before installing the CD player?

My recommendation would be to head to a junkyard, find a similar year Civic and tear out the old dimmer switch (most junkyards should allow you to do this for less than $5). Could quite possibly be the cheapest fix yet, haha.

 
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Well, I just read that you also have this issue. Everything else seems to be like what I described above and it may just be a simple dimmer switch that you need to replace from a junkyard part. As for the lighter, I believe that's on a different circuit than the rest of the instrument panel and climate control lights (at least on the 96-00 year Civics). Do you have the user manual? Check the circuit diagram, find where the lighter is, what circuit it's on before you do anything with it. It may just be that the lighter itself is faulty.

Hope this helps!