Dash lights cutting out?

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Topic: Dash lights cutting out?

Posted By: aleefers
Subject: Dash lights cutting out?
Date Posted: March 10, 2004 at 8:30 PM

I installed a bulldog 1200e remote starter in an 00 cavalier and now the dash lights are cutting out. They did it once so I unplugged the harnesses and did the whole reprograming spiel and they worked again and now today they went out. Anyone know what the deal is? Oh and what I mean by the dash light is when I turn on the headlights there is no dash lights at night. Can anyone help?

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Posted By: bmf1000d
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 12:16 AM

Now they work when you unpluged them right?

It might sound stupid but i would check the dimmer switch and make sure its up. God only knows how many time when i started that i ripped apart the dash and come to find out that the dimmer was off...

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"Big" Mike
Double Take
Fremont, Ne
remember to check all your wires with a dmm not a test light!!
i take no responsibilty whatsoever for the vailidty of the info nor consequences thereof

Posted By: aleefers
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 11:14 AM

Well I will check that but I think its something else

Posted By: aleefers
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 11:19 AM

I just cannot figure out how the remote starter can cut the dash lights out.

Posted By: derek123
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 11:36 AM

Try powing the key sense, and/ or the 2nd acc. ( brown +).

what type of PL2 bypass are you using ?

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 2:23 PM

You may need to isolate the parking light trigger wire off the Bulldog unit to the lights with a relay. Use a relay to trip the parking light output to the car and this will isolate the unit from the car's parking light output.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: aleefers
Date Posted: March 14, 2004 at 8:42 AM

Well i found out a little more today and that is that when I turn the key off and back on the dash lights come back. I don't know much about electronics but I think something is getting reset but I don't know what and I don't know how to fix it. I am using a Dei 555L

Posted By: soultinter
Date Posted: March 14, 2004 at 3:17 PM

are you sure you got the actual parking light wire not the dimmer wire? easy mistake that causes problems!

Posted By: aleefers
Date Posted: March 15, 2004 at 8:38 AM

Well I tapped into it in the bottom door rail wouldn't the dimmer switch wire not be in the door rail