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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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I was driving to meet up a friend tonight, turned on the headlights and everything lit up normally. A few hours later, I was leaving to go home, warmed up the car and then turned on the lights and starting driving. While I was driving, I noticed the numbers for the rpm stopped lighting up. I was pretty sure they lit up on the way there, I thought I was going crazy lol. But then I looked around the rest of the dash, and everything didn't lit up either.
Things that lit up are;
Techometer bar, but not the numbers
speedomeeter,
trip meter
start engine button
fan speed led lit up
air circulation led lit up
dome lights
Things that didn't lit up are;
techometer numbers
audio controls
temp controls
roof = although that never lit up since I got it
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Dunno if its the fuse, usually when interior lights go off cause of the fuse everything goes off, but that's my experience with older cars.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 05:54 AM
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Update, my parking lights are no longer working. Indicators work, headlights work, and only brake light works when I step on the brakes. I check the relay for the parking lights and figured out there's no power going into it.

I figure my problem is the drl, since the were wired to the parking lights, hence why I lost the interior lights too. The problem is I don't know how the parking lights were wired.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by SlownSteady,Jul 31 2010, 08:54 AM
Update, my parking lights are no longer working. Indicators work, headlights work, and only brake light works when I step on the brakes. I check the relay for the parking lights and figured out there's no power going into it.

I figure my problem is the drl, since the were wired to the parking lights, hence why I lost the interior lights too. The problem is I don't know how the parking lights were wired.
What do you mean? your parking brake lights were re-wired?
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by s2kobsession,Jul 31 2010, 10:03 AM
What do you mean? your parking brake lights were re-wired?
Sorry for the confusion, my DRLs are the parking lights, as it did not have the stock DRL system. So the parking lights I guess, were re-wired so they would turn on as soon I turn the car to acc. It's like turning the lights switch to the first setting, except on my car it was like that all the time with the car on.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 06:36 AM
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ohh I see...
simple solution - take out the DRL.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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lol I wish it was that simple. I really don't mind the DRLs aren't working, but it's the parking lights not working at all that worries me. During the night the tail lights only lights up when I step on the brakes, so it isn't really safe driving at night, and I don't wanna get pulled over for something like that.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 06:57 AM
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ohh I see... simple solution - take out the DRL.
haha he just mentioned that he doesn't have DRL's.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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Well I got it fixed somewhat. Took it to Leo my audio installer. He said the switch for the parking light isn't working, so he wired my parking lights to the main headlight. Now I can drive at night without any worries.
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