Interior lights not working
01-27-2015, 09:40 PM
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Interior lights not working My car is an auto and the part of the center console that shows what gear the car is in wasn't lighting up so I decided to see what was wrong. I saw that the bulb underneath was broken inside so I tried to gently pull it out with a pair of pliers. Of course the bulb popped producing a small spark so I just put everything back together. It looks to me like the bulb isn't able to be pulled out so it has to be replaced some other way. When I drove the car later I noticed that none of the interior lights were working. The lights of the gauges, radio, and the air conditioner/heater controls are all not working now. Anyone have an idea of what's wrong? Did that spark mess up something? I'm going to post some pictures tomorrow when there's light out
01-28-2015, 12:22 AM
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do this, go out to the car and turn on the parking lights, if the tail lights don't light up then you blew the fuse, easy enough to replace but you need to get that busted bulb out first or you'll just blow it again. if the tail lights do work then you might have damaged the dimmer switch, these are the only 2 things I've ever seen cause the dash lights to not work.
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do this, go out to the car and turn on the parking lights, if the tail lights don't light up then you blew the fuse, easy enough to replace but you need to get that busted bulb out first or you'll just blow it again. if the tail lights do work then you might have damaged the dimmer switch, these are the only 2 things I've ever seen cause the dash lights to not work.