Interior lighting issue
#1
Interior lighting issue
Hello guys new guy here! Hoping y'all could help me with a issue I'm having with my interior lights. I got a 2003 2500 and about half of guage lights went out at once, I can only see my fuel guage and battery guage. After some research I found the previous owner put a 25 amp fuse in slot number 18 which is a interior illumination fuse only meant for a 15a. They have also spliced into the the orange and white wire behind the dimmer switch for some pillar guages and clearance lights, neither of which work now even though the bulbs are good. Can't find any burned wires so just looking for a place to start to find the issue.
#2
Bad dashes/connections are common on 3rd gen. Lights, speed, and rpm jumping/dying included. Are you getting voltage to the wires where they tie in at at the orange wire?
My guess would be the gauge cluster needs to be re soldered but it is odd the pillar gauges aren't working either. That makes me think there may not be a good connection/voltage getting there.
you should be able to run stock fuse and not blow them even with extra gauge lights
My guess would be the gauge cluster needs to be re soldered but it is odd the pillar gauges aren't working either. That makes me think there may not be a good connection/voltage getting there.
you should be able to run stock fuse and not blow them even with extra gauge lights
#3
I thought it was weird too they didn't work, but with a 12v battery they light up fine. I ordered a new cluster already so hopefully fix the issue and I just run a separate wire for the guages and clearance lights. Do you know of a place I can tie into, just for running lights? I don't care if they dim or not just want them on when lights are on. Thanks for the reply
#4
I thought it was weird too they didn't work, but with a 12v battery they light up fine. I ordered a new cluster already so hopefully fix the issue and I just run a separate wire for the guages and clearance lights. Do you know of a place I can tie into, just for running lights? I don't care if they dim or not just want them on when lights are on. Thanks for the reply