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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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I just bought this car about a month ago and I noticed that during the startup bulb test that my abs inop, brake, low coolant, door/hatch light, and service vehicle light don't light up with the other lights, and I dont even know where to start to find out why, any help is appreciated, thanks
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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any ideas?
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:16 PM
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Sounds like it could be something as simple as a fuse. Either start yanking fuses to see if any are blown....or head to the library and look at a service manual to see if all of those systems are tied into one fuse.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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When I bought my car from a friend he put a peice of tape over the bulb of the check engine light. It was because of the cam, before it was tuned and he was tired of staring at it, just hope it isn't the seller trying to hide something from you.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 01:30 PM
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My air bag light doesn't go on either, something is really wierd about this, the fuses looked good
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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If the fuse is good then you may have to check the cluster it self. (Remove it) There may be just a loose connection. By the way what year is the car?
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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oh i forgot to mention, its a 2000 ws6, i dont get why some of the warning lights work and half of them don't,
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 12:59 AM
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There could be a poor connection at some of the instrument cluster connector terminals, or the whole instrument panel cluster could need replacing...

Do those lights (such as the door/hatch ajar one) light up when you actually have that problem, or never?
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 06:43 AM
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the light has never gone on and forgot to mention the temp guage doesn't work either, i have never seen it move since i've owned the car, but im taking it to the dealership today to have them look at the abs because its acting up, I bought the car about a month ago and I still two months left on the warrenty so im gonna ask them to look at the cluster as well.

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