I haven't seen this problem on the forum yet:

My odometer works properly but when the headlights are turned on, the odometer numerals turn off. Has anyone else encountered this?

James

 

does it do it it if you switch it on and off a couple times?

 

just the odometer or all of the gauge lights? sounds like a short in the headlights or running lights.

 

go buy 2 mag lights and a roll of duct tape, leave lights off turn mag lights on, problem solved lol. ive never heard anything like this before i cant think what would cause that.

 

Only the odometer turns off. When the gauge lights turn on with the headlights, the odo turns off. It's weird.

 

does it still record miles?

i'd consider it a blessing if it doesn't

 

check your fuses. fuse I

 

Keep in mind that the ODO would normally dim when the lights are on. This is likely a problem with the odo itself. (It likely monitors the cluster lamps' "dim" bus voltage and sets an appropriate pulse width for the odo backlight.) I would suggest reading the odo lamp repair and capacitor replacement threads already posted.

 

You're gonna feel like a dummy .

The dimmer for the gauges, crank it up to full. It's the rotary control thing to the right of the steering column.

I did the same thing once, I was freaking that I blew something weird up .

Dale

 

your dimmer may be broken as well.