HELP, my lights won't work

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Feb 9, 2010 | 10:01 PM

Venomized03

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HELP, my lights won't work

I'll start with this.. I was replacing all my 194a style bulbs with the LED upgrade. When I was on my last bulb (front marker) I installed it. It was flickering on and off.. I pulled it out and reinstalled it. When I did that, all my running lights went out. My aftermarket gauge lights and my gauge cluster lights don't work either now. Also my headlights won't go down. They still come on and work, just won't go down.

I'm not the best when it comes to electrical at all. I looked in both fuse boxes and can't figure out what it is. PLEASE help me out guys. It's driving me insane.

Thanks in advance
JASON

Feb 10, 2010 | 09:33 AM

dgrant3830

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Sounds like you blew the fuse. Have you checked all of them yet? Also, LED's are not like incandescent lamps and can only be installed in the correct electrical direction whereas incandescent lamps can plug it either way. Pull that last one out, replace the fuse that I'm thinking is blown, then carefully put in the LED.

Feb 10, 2010 | 11:24 AM

Venomized03

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Yea I'm pretty sure its also a fuse but I cant find out which one it is. Ive looked through alot of the ones I "think" it would be. Guess Im going to pull every single one. DAMNNNN

Feb 10, 2010 | 11:37 AM

lucky131969

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Yea I'm pretty sure its also a fuse but I cant find out which one it is. Ive looked through alot of the ones I "think" it would be. Guess Im going to pull every single one. DAMNNNN

check minifuse #6 in the passenger fuse box

Feb 10, 2010 | 02:52 PM

Venomized03

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Thanks I will check that one first.

Feb 10, 2010 | 03:12 PM

ajg1915

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Originally Posted by lucky131969

check minifuse #6 in the passenger fuse box

You probably shorted something and blew the fuse.

Feb 10, 2010 | 06:29 PM

Venomized03

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Yes!!! It was fuse 6.. I put a new one in and they worked but the one LED was flickering still and then it blew again. I replaced it with a standard bulb and it's fixed!! Defective LED I guess!!

Thanks ALOT!! Jason

Feb 10, 2010 | 06:32 PM

lucky131969

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For the future, post schematic request for the system you will be working on, that way, you will have the fuse locations ahead of time....should something go wrong.