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Old Jun 16, 2022 | 08:19 AM
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Warning Lights don't work at all!

Hi everyone, I've had my FC for about a month now and none of the warning lights turn on in my car even when the car is running. I feel like theres an issue with the cluster because I don't even get the full beams light when they're on. Has this happened to anyone else and how did you fix it?
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Old Jun 17, 2022 | 08:35 PM
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My warning lamps were intermittent but it turned out to be the connection on the back side of the warning cluster. . . I removed the center bezel and removed the warning lamp cluster. . .

I had to pull the connector off and plugg it back in. After all these years, the solder joints on the inside of the warning lamp cluster need to be re-soldered.. . .The connector was also showing corrosion signs.

I needed the center warning lamps to work for smogg inspection.

The high beam headlight problem is most likely with the high/low beam switch . . ..
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Old Jun 25, 2022 | 06:02 AM
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Weren't working either, pulled the whole thing apart, the board was junk, I had to sand all the contacts for the bulbs and I traced each pcb trace with a volt meter to check each one, the thing looked like it sat at the bottom of a lake for years.
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Old Jun 28, 2022 | 05:48 AM
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It's a common issue on the FC to have bad solder joints on various interior electronics. I would recommend removing the idiot light cluster and popping it apart and having a look at the board. Given the amount of issues we have had with these over the years, I would not suspect an issue with the wiring.
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