if you can correctly tell me what relay would cause my illumination dash lights, the trip computer and my radio not to work!!!


i will paypal the first correct answer, i have pulled EVERY possible fuse twice now and checked them...

 

Check the wires behind your stereo...

 

are you sure those are the only three lights that do not work?

if you can get me a detailed description of what does not work, i can prolly find you the fuse you need.

 

i have seriously pulled every fuse in the car, i got a 12v light and went around and it seems like 5 or 6 fuses on the left side of the kick panel fuse box isnt working...



ok, from what i know, the radio, the trip computer, and the illumination dash lights in the three big gauges right on top of the steering wheel.

i believe it is a relay feeding power to the fuse box when the key is on??

 

it's probbaly your UTEC, take it out and send it to me and you should be fine....

In all honesty, it's probably not any fuse, it's probably the whole circut that those components are running from, Probably something lose in the wireing harness.

 

that sounds familiar

 

With the radio, is it a illumination issue only? For the dash lighting, is the lighting INOP for both the combination meter and triple meter and the radio? If you turn on the headlamps do you get night illumination?

 

Hey funny you should have this problem! I had the EXACTLY same one when I put my gauges in! I had no illumination or radio, yet the gauges worked. It was a fuse marked "Elec parts" or something in the DS kick panel. I pulled out every fuse looking for that one. Check each and every one in that box, it should be in there.

 

ok, i put in a touch screen dvd player the other day, i also took out all the stock gauges up top on the three above the radio. everything worked perfectly for about 3 days. then all of a sudden on one start up, it didnt work.


the radio has power 12 volt all the time, it just doesnt have the acc. power when you turn on the key, i relocated the trip computer temporarily till i get my oil pressure gauge in so i can read my oil pressure, it is in the navi cubby whole now minus the battery gauge.

i am not getting any dash lights with or without the lights on, plus the radio wont turn on, and the trip computer wont work although the oil pressure gauge still reads fine....


thanks guys!!

jeremy

 

yes see i know that fuse well, cause it was bad the other day, i think that its actually something before that fuse that feeds the fuse box power. all the fuses are fine but even with the key on, there is no power to either side of the fuses in the kick panel fuse box...

 

Hmm, maybe then a relay as you say went bad, or you have may have to go ground pounding to see if something is amiss.

 

Since you just removed the head unit, I would pull the shifter bezel and check the harness going to the unified meter and A/C amp. It's a ribbon cable with a white connector. Power flow is tricky without knowing every little item that is not working. I would recheck your stereo install since all the symptoms have the unified meter and A/C amp in common.

 

I would look at the battery compartment in the engine bay and check the fuses comming form the positive battery terminal (yes there are some there). One of them might be blown and not sending power to your fuse box

 

+1 i did not see the post of no power to either side of the passenger compartment fuses.

 

where is the led master acree when we need him most? i would try pm'ing him, he is probably the most knowledgeable person amongst us when it comes to interior wiring and lighting.

 

yeah i have pulled out every possible fuse in the car. i know where they all are. this is beyond a simple fuse. i plugged an adapter into the factory harness for the radio, already double checked that. i have the manual and tried to follow the schematics but i have trouble when it just says "fuse" sometimes.

 

thanks guys, i found it, it was a acc. relay that went bad!!!

 

So who gets the $10?

 

+1

 

i was going to mention the buttons on the left side of the main gauges. Those adjust brightness all the way down to full off. Controlas all your broken items.