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Old Sep 12, 2003
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Question Dash lights not working!!Please Help

I installed my radio the other day and now my dash lights wont work when i turn on the parking lights All the cables behind the radio have been checked, still can't figure it out any help is appreciated.
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fuses?
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already checked the fuses. Nothing is blown.
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which fuse ?
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please someone respond! mine did the same thing... I've searched for this already... no one ever actually told what to do! My dash lights, ac control lights, and shifter lights dont come on! i've checked all my wires and fuses, everythings cool....

HELP! i really wld like to be able to see how fast i'm going!

Doug
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--> moved to Tech: let's see if the Tech forum experts can help you guys out

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hapeened to me. when i was installing indash tv.
it was fuses.
i found out that there was 3 blown fuses under steering wheel. and another 3 under the hood. yes it was crazy. tahts whats i get for not disconnecting battery before i work on audio system
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I've checked and rechecked all of my fuses though! I took it to the dealer and they were like "we're gonna need it for at least a day".. I'm like COME ON! You KNOW how to fix this... you just want me to pay an ish load for labor!

Sad.. =(... i miss my orange dash lights..

LOL

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I'm having the same problem, make sure to run a volt meter on those fuses. I eye checked evryone of them but I passed a volt meter and found 2 gone. I'm thinking in both our cases maybe the bulbs if that makes any sense.
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The dash harness has two wires for the illumination.

The red/black wire is the illumination on wire.

The red wire is the dash brightness control. If you hooked your radio's illumination wire to this, then you are pretty much screwed.

Some radios have a circuit that goes to ground when the radio is off. This shorts out the circuit and burns it up on the gauge cluster. The only way to fix it is to replace the gauge cluster after you disconnect the wire and connect it to the red/black wire.
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check fuses under dash and under hood
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where did you connect the wire that allows you to turn the radio
on when the car ikey is at ACC?
PM me with the color code
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rickinthescv!!!!

Well, i believe thats what i did.. I burnt something up... cuz when i was connecting my stereo, this really nasty smelling smoke started coming out of my air vents.. i've checked, rechecked yada yada the fuses.. so what part # shld i order from honda... I burnt something UP.. its all about that darn dimmer wire that i was playing with... btw it is now wrapped up away from its wire buddies....

lemme know what i gotta do
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Mine are still out, I went to Honda and there are 3 bulbs (something like that) behind the cluster, and another 5 I believe were the a/c controls etc. I'd order those bublbs up, but seriously I'm at wits end. I may just give in and bring it over to honda. But it's funny how fast you get use to no gauges. I may just spring up the mula for a new cluster since I don't have a tach.
 
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