Fuse Help! - Honda Prelude Forum

checkmate58 · 03-23-2004, 01:42 PM

All the lights on my gauge cluster have gone out. I have no clue which fuse this is. I checked:

Interior LIght Fuse (ok)
Day light Fuse (ok)
Small Lights fuse (ok)

The hazard, turn signals, exterior daytime lights, dome light, and clock still work. Which fuse is it?

My last guess is that it's the dimmer relay unit in the fusebox in the engine bay? Could it be that? Please help.

--Sam

Two-Five Boy · 03-23-2004, 01:58 PM

Sam, chk one of the fuse under the hood. I forgot what it's called though. Does ur radio still work? Because that's linked to the clock and signals.

checkmate58 · 03-23-2004, 02:13 PM

I reviewed stuff in this thread:

HELP!!! Lights won't turn on...?????

I looked at the "tail light" fuse and it looked fine. I replaced it with a new one and the interior lights still aren't working. I think this is the culprit though cause when I unarm my alarm, the tail light turn on and also the sidemarkers but when I just turn on the parking lights (click before the headlights turn on), the rear lights and parking light doesn't work. I'm gonna go buy some more 15a fuses and see if that solves the problem.

OH yeah... radio and clock and cruise control still works.

I pray its not a wiring issue.

--Sam

checkmate58 · 03-23-2004, 05:10 PM

So I put a new 15a fuse in the "tail light" fuse area. Doesn't work still. So I tested the terminal and turned on the parking lights--I get no signal. Now I'm thinking it could be the switch that is messed up.

I also looked at every single fuse to see if the other ones have blown.. they were all fine.

Anyone know the part number for the switch that turns on the parking lights/headlights?

--Sam

Carman01lude · 03-27-2005, 05:25 AM

Did you figure out how to fix this because i'm having the same problem?

Carman01lude · 03-27-2005, 05:45 AM

Found it in another post, it was the taillight fuse.

Prelude1897 · 03-27-2005, 07:01 AM

theres a fuse for you gauge cluster I believe, cause mine went out along with the taillights, and once I changed it, everything worked again. I can't remember if its labeled dash lights or instrument light,

PininFarina456 · 09-17-2006, 11:19 AM

back from the dead, I have the same problem.

I have checked all my fuses but found all to ok.

checkmate58 · 11-18-2006, 10:51 PM

The dead can walk?

Check Gauge Cluster Fuse 15a

Check Tail light Fuse 10

If this happens, I recommend you change both out. The fuses, as i recalled, looked fine but when I replaced them, the lights came back to life.

--Sam

marcucci · 11-18-2006, 11:01 PM

Blade fuses can look OK but not be OK. Also, with age, they increase in resistance and it may actually increase enough to affect circuit operation. It's always wise to check them with a meter and make sure they are <1 ohm.

Re: the comment on the parking lights... most alarms wire around the fuses and provide power directly to that circuit- so a parking light fuse could be blown and the lights still work w/the alarm...