gauge lights out
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Topic: gauge lights out
Posted By: guilesf2
Subject: gauge lights out
Date Posted: October 31, 2005 at 10:30 PM
97 toyota corolla
installed new head unit, now the interior lights (gauges, light for heater buttons etc) are all out. I reconnected the factory stereo and they're still out.
fuses are all good, any other ideas of what I screwed up?
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Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: October 31, 2005 at 10:52 PM
Sounds like a ground to me. Make sure you have every thing back the way it was. make sure you put all the screws back in. Did you cut any wires? Did you use a wire kit????
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Big Dave
Posted By: guilesf2
Date Posted: October 31, 2005 at 11:16 PM
didn't cut any wires - just stuck the wires from the stereo into the factory connector
Posted By: sneakycyber
Date Posted: November 01, 2005 at 11:29 AM
You most likely grounded out your dimmer wire. check for a blown fuse.
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Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: November 01, 2005 at 12:31 PM
guilesf2 wrote:
didn't cut any wires - just stuck the wires from the stereo into the factory connector
you need to get a wire harness kit for your after market hu to your oem harness. you can't just shove wires in to the plugs. go to your local car audio shop and they can help you out. ------------- Big Dave
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: November 01, 2005 at 1:11 PM
Agree with Big Dave, you most likely grounded the dark green wire. Look for the blown fuse in the fuse block under the hood.
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Posted By: Benji999
Date Posted: November 01, 2005 at 5:55 PM
The same thing happened to me in my Corolla, it turned out to be my tail light fuse.
Posted By: guilesf2
Date Posted: November 01, 2005 at 9:47 PM
you were all right - turns out the tail light fuse was blown (and kept blowing) due to my poor-man's wire harness
guess I was too excited to have a real stereo to pay attention to non-essentials like tail lights
thanks a lot for all your help!
Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: November 02, 2005 at 6:32 AM
Any time Dude. You have to take your time, and do things right the first time. It will save you a lot of B.S. and money.
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Big Dave
Posted By: Benji999
Date Posted: November 02, 2005 at 12:27 PM
No prob man, glad I could help. I found the out the hard way as to what was wrong with mine when I got pulled over by a cop for not having any tail lights.
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