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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 12:16 AM
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I am having a problem with my daytime interior lights. All of the lights on the dash, instrument cluster, and A/C controls do not light up anymore during the day. They will all light up fine if I turn on the parking lights or headlights, but if the lights are off I get nothing. I checked every single fuse and am out of ideas... Anyone else run into this problem before? Any ideas?
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 02:25 AM
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maybe im not very observant, but i dont remember dash lights being on unless the lights are turned on.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 07:37 AM
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Sounds normal to me. Are you in America?
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 07:52 AM
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In my 01 coupe the dash lights up right away, day or not, lights on or not, they just get brighter when I put the lights on, so maybe there is two different styles?
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 01:36 PM
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Yeah I am in America... Just to elaborate and to give an example - I have the regular A/C controls not the digital one. There are buttons on it for A/C on etc... these lights no longer light up either, so I don't know if its on during the day...
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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Try turning the dimming **** clockwise... might be as easy as that!
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 02:26 PM
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Tried it! The interior light will turn on after the 'click' but no other lights get brighter... I was thinking maybe the dimmer switch is bad???
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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Is there a single wire or fuse that controls this? I've checked all the fuses and they are all good...
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 08:26 PM
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Alright I have narrowed down my problem to just the A/C unit that is not lighting up during the day. Is this tied to the removal of the factory radio in any way? Basically during the day I don't know if I have the A/C on or not because the indicator lights do not light up on the unit. Wierd thing is, they light up fine if I turn the headlights on...
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Originally Posted by bluemotev
Alright I have narrowed down my problem to just the A/C unit that is not lighting up during the day. Is this tied to the removal of the factory radio in any way? Basically during the day I don't know if I have the A/C on or not because the indicator lights do not light up on the unit. Wierd thing is, they light up fine if I turn the headlights on...

I wonder if there is a fuse that might have blown in the fuse box down by the passanger foot well? Might be worth checking.
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I wonder if there is a fuse that might have blown in the fuse box down by the passanger foot well? Might be worth checking.

Yeah I checked every single one...
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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It is only the A/C control unit that seems to have a problem. The indicator lights do not show up at all during the day. Is there a seperate internal bulb for this perhaps? Maybe thats why its not showing anything?
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