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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:45 AM
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Tonight I get into my car, turn on the headlights, and the instrument panel turns off (including radio and DIC). Now, when I first get in the car, everything is lit up normally, but ONLY when I turn on the headlights, they all turn off (but radio still works, just no lights anywhere, headlights work too). As soon as I turn off the headlights, the gages are lit up normally like when the key is still in the ignition.

I checked the "instrument panel" fuse and it looked good, I even replaced it for the hell of it with the 10amps it requires, and no luck.

any suggestions?
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:58 AM
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Any chance the dimmer is just set to full dark? Tried turning it up?
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 02:08 AM
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Aside from the mentioned dash dimmer, the only other thing I can figure is possibly a bad ground in the dash light circuit. You'll probably need a shop manual to locate it.
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Originally Posted by TommyBoy72
Any chance the dimmer is just set to full dark? Tried turning it up?

WOW

I feel like an idiot. It was the dimmer afterall

I cleaned the interior over the weekend and I guess that's when I must have accidently switced it off (didn't need the headlights until tonight)

Thanks!

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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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glad it was an easy fix
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