anyone know what my problem is? i turn on the head lights and the lights on my gauges don't come on and my odomitor (spelling) gets very very dim. anyone know what the problem is? its not the battery, i went to auto zone and had it ruled out

 

Check your fuses.

 

You didn't happen to bump the dimmer switch all the way down did you?

 

check out your tail light fuse. when I first had my fd, the lights for my gauges weren't working either and also the tail lights. that fuse kept popping everytime i put a new one in. what i did to fix it was I inspected the whole wire harness and jiggled it around. after that it started working again and fuse didn't pop anymore. the harness was probably grounding out somewhere.

 

He hasn't reported back after the above suggestion.....please don't even tell us that.....!!



Later

 

lol, the car is in the shop getting the clutch replaced. i'll give you a update of what it was after it gets out and i can test out some things lol

 

yeah are all the rest of your interior lights going along with the tail lights? if so, check your TNS relay under the hood.

Basicly all the lights on the car except the headlights are on a seperate circuit and on FD's have a tendency to fail for various reasons.

 

all the lights are working except the gauges (speed rev tach). i don't know about the tail lights but i'll check them when i get it back. i just noticed this b4 i sent it off.

 

yeah, so i was being dumb and it was just the dimmer lol. my steering wheel covers it up (i put in aftermarket seats as soon as i bought it) so i had forgot it was there >.< lol

 

I am having the same problem, what relay is the one you are talking about? I know its under the engine bay fuse panel, but which one exactly? Thanks!

 

It's called the TNS relay. Stands for Tail, Numberplate and Sidemarkers. If you don't have a sticker on your box, look up a photo or find a picture of it in the manual.

It's not your problem if it's just your gauge lights, though. Is it all your lights but the headlights that aren't working?

 

mine seem to have a problem with the headlight switch on the turn signal lever. if I jiggle it back and forth slightly the gauge cluster lights will go on and off. annoying while driving and hitting small bumps.