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Old 04-21-05, 05:34 PM
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Dear fellow members, i have a problem i hope someone can diagnose. my 2nd gen gs instrument lights turn off when headlights turn on. i was changing my burned out rear tailights. When i turned the lights on, the radio didn't light up nor the instrument gauges. I checked all the fuses and they are fine. THanks for your expert advise.
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Originally Posted by dani3l
Dear fellow members, i have a problem i hope someone can diagnose. my 2nd gen gs instrument lights turn off when headlights turn on. i was changing my burned out rear tailights. When i turned the lights on, the radio didn't light up nor the instrument gauges. I checked all the fuses and they are fine. THanks for your expert advise.

you checked all of them??

where did you look?

are the taillights still out

i always thought when the dash lights went out it was to tell/warn you that your brake/tails are out ??
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i checked them all and they were fine. Dam...
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where did you check
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Originally Posted by T.L.W.
you checked all of them??

where did you look?

are the taillights still out

i always thought when the dash lights went out it was to tell/warn you that your brake/tails are out ??
I thought the same thing too. I would go back and recheck all the fuses and make sure none of them are out.
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sorry problem fixed, what happened was that when i was detailing my car, i accidently turned the dimmer **** to off. Stupid me. thanks everyone for your concern.
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Originally Posted by dani3l
sorry problem fixed, what happened was that when i was detailing my car, i accidently turned the dimmer **** to off. Stupid me. thanks everyone for your concern.
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That was an easy fix. Why didnt I think of that
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Originally Posted by dani3l
sorry problem fixed, what happened was that when i was detailing my car, i accidently turned the dimmer **** to off. Stupid me. thanks everyone for your concern.
haha man now that's one hard problem to debug

glad you found the problem fast
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thanks guys. i just don't know why i went the long route by checking fuses. i guess i always expect the worst.
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I had the same thing happen to me when I first bought the car. I was cleaning and then that night started up and the lights were not there. I was like WTF? Then a friend clued me in to my mistake
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It feels good to not be alone, just like that michael jackson song.
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I'd hate to start a new thread for such a simple question so I'll hijack this one since it's related.

When it's night time (headlights on in auto mode) and I turn off the car, the headlights stay on and the gauges go out (all expected). The buttons around the navigation unit stay on (Audio, Climate, Map, etc.) but the lights for the radio controls turn off. Normal?

Another related question: Should the ECT control switch light up with the parking lights on (like the VSC and heated seat switches)?
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Originally Posted by dani3l
sorry problem fixed, what happened was that when i was detailing my car, i accidently turned the dimmer **** to off. Stupid me. thanks everyone for your concern.

Nothing like a good old Rookie mistake LOL
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Originally Posted by audax
I'd hate to start a new thread for such a simple question so I'll hijack this one since it's related.

When it's night time (headlights on in auto mode) and I turn off the car, the headlights stay on and the gauges go out (all expected). The buttons around the navigation unit stay on (Audio, Climate, Map, etc.) but the lights for the radio controls turn off. Normal?

Another related question: Should the ECT control switch light up with the parking lights on (like the VSC and heated seat switches)?
i don't know about the first quetion but for the second, yes, i believe they are together with the parking lights


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