rx7 idiot light cluster don't work but but turning signals symbols and bright light s
03-19-09, 12:09 AM
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rx7 idiot light cluster don't work but but turning signals symbols and bright light s
2day at night i accedintly pluged my battery wrong i plugged the positive wire on the negitive post and the negitive wire on the positive post and when i did that my black middle main fuse in the engine bay bighted up all red and as soon as i saw that i displuged the battery cuzz it started to smell like burnt and thats when i realized that my battery cables were on wrong so i swiched them back 2 the way there supposed 2 be and when i did that i went in my car and tryed 2 turned on my cluster lights but they wouldnt turn on so i thought that i had them on dim and when i tryed to brighten them up nuthing no light at all so now i dont know whats wrong its wierd cuzz when i put by bright lights on the little smbol brights up even the turning symbols work and bright up but the the speedo and rpm tach and all the other gauges dont bright up can anyone tell me what can posibly be wrong id greatly appreaite it thanks
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check room fuse,illumination fuse,meter fuse.All under the dash by the Drivers Kick panel,in the Corner,
Is the Main FUSE OK?(engine bay)?
you may have done some Damage besides Fuses.Hopefully Hailers can see this thread and Pipe in.I'm not the Whiz on electricals.
Check threads on " hooked up battery Backwards".should get you some info through search.
Is the Main FUSE OK?(engine bay)?
you may have done some Damage besides Fuses.Hopefully Hailers can see this thread and Pipe in.I'm not the Whiz on electricals.
Check threads on " hooked up battery Backwards".should get you some info through search.
03-19-09, 11:02 PM
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um engine main fuse looks ok but im not shure cuzz the middle metal wire isnt busted but the inside looks kinda burnt and smells a little as well. and as going 4 the room fuse and all other fuses are fine as well i dont know whats wrong the headlights pop up and bright up its just evreything in th inside lights dont turn on
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i allready kno why its going off its because i have no oil in my car its the oil level sensor that keeps making it go off but im still lost i dont know why my inside lights dont work and my gauge lights eather
03-24-09, 03:37 AM
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i allready kno why its going off its because i have no oil in my car its the oil level sensor that keeps making it go off but im still lost i dont know why my inside lights dont work and my gauge lights eather
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The side lights and the meter lights don't work because of what was mentioned by ICEMARK above. The light switch itself is either burnt up or the PLUG that attaches to it is burnt up. Remove plug and LOOK.
The HEADLIGHTS and RETRACTOR work because when you turn the light switch ON, you are putting a GROUND on the headlight relay. No power is involved doing that.
When you put the light switch to ON you also put Power to a wire, which in turn puts power to the interior lighting. That power wire is cooked most likely. Remove the plug from the light switch and LOOK for burnt contacts in the plug. Those cooked wires will be located on one end of the plug.
You can prove the MAIN fuse is good just by putting the key to START. IF the starter turns over, then the Main fuse is good. Not a player in any form or fashion with your interior lighting problem.
The HEADLIGHTS and RETRACTOR work because when you turn the light switch ON, you are putting a GROUND on the headlight relay. No power is involved doing that.
When you put the light switch to ON you also put Power to a wire, which in turn puts power to the interior lighting. That power wire is cooked most likely. Remove the plug from the light switch and LOOK for burnt contacts in the plug. Those cooked wires will be located on one end of the plug.
You can prove the MAIN fuse is good just by putting the key to START. IF the starter turns over, then the Main fuse is good. Not a player in any form or fashion with your interior lighting problem.
03-25-09, 10:22 AM
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