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Old 04-24-2009, 09:27 PM
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Angry Dash Lights Out - Need Help!

This week I had the instrument cluster out several times. Now I found the instrument lights don't work. Everything else in car lights up. I have the rheostat jumped. If I remember correctly, those other lights wouldn't work if rheostat wasn't jumped. Everything is plugged in. Any ideas?


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Old 04-24-2009, 10:10 PM
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This week I had the instrument cluster out several times. Now I found the instrument lights don't work. Everything else in car lights up. I have the rheostat jumped. If I remember correctly, those other lights wouldn't work if rheostat wasn't jumped. Everything is plugged in. Any ideas?


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The one time this happened to me the 14-pt round plug of the cluster was not fully plugged in. I had the cluster in and out a few times too.
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Old 04-24-2009, 10:31 PM
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Make sure that both bulbs are good.
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Old 04-24-2009, 11:05 PM
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you can also take a pocket knife and spread the pins a little so they fit tighter in the plug,

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