I am on holiday now and try to spend more time on the car when I can, since I have had my car there has been a Light on my gauge cover and it has never gone on, I assume its custom alarm or something, so I opened it up and found a wire that leads into the center console and there was one end that was not connected ( i opened up the rest of the gauge and looked behind it to find that it was connected to a wire on the gauge cluster), I left it alone put everything back and later on when i was driving back home it didn't work but my speedo still worked.
I searched around today and found that my tail lights don't work and I tried to change the fuse (number 10) and nothing happened. the noise when you leave the headlights on and open the door doesn't happen anymore.
Ill get some picks by tomorrow to see if it will make things clearer, until then any suggestions?
did your lights work before you played with this thing? did you see another wire that the other connector could have been connected to?
what color wire is the light attached to (or is it simply attached to the cluster), because i too assume it's some sort of faux alarm.
but since it's attached to the speedo, somethings telling me that it might be a shoddy performance mod that tells you when to shift or when vtec engages, or what have you.
as far as fuses, check every single one in the kick panel and in the box under the head. you might be surprised.
there are two wires that lead to the light. one is black and goes some where into the console and i cant quite see where it goes. I should prob do that. And the other wire leads no where but i assumed it was once connected to the wire that is shown in the gauges ( i covered the end with electrical tape just in case) I was thinking of connecting them again but can't see why the lights don't work as is. I am about too look over all the fuses. Will get back to you
i was checking the fuses and found a wire that was not connected to anything, it was on the drivers side and on the door side under the steering. It looked like the same wire used to get the CEL codes. Trying to figure out where its meant to be. so far no broken fuses
gotta rule out this annoying little dongle though.
plug both wires back together and see what happens. black usually means ground so there might need to be a full circuit completed.
next, remove the little nub from the cluster completely. i'm wondering if it's causing a short there. just unscrew that little screw its connected to, remove, screw back in.
if nothing, try your best to find where the other wire goes (lets hope it's just to ground) and let me know what color wire it's connected to (do the best to describe where and to what harness this wire belongs or where it goes, etc and so on). i'll see if maybe i can find the same wiring in the wiring diagram.
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, i was away for the weekend. I looked through the fuses underneath the dash and most were normal. I started to play around with the light and it went on when i connected the loose end to the wire that powers the cigarette lighter (white one) And that caused the light to turn on. Does this mean that its not the lights fault? I was playing around with the cigarette lighter when this all happened but didn't think anything of it.
Also i took out the wire that was attached to the gauge, and still not working.
Should I change the fuse each time i change something? And just to be 100% sure is it fuse 10 15A thats underneath the dash?
no, fuses are replaced just when they burn out, so you're set if the fuse is still solid. as far as the number, i'm not sure. i'm not too savvy with the fuse numbers.
the white going to the cig is positive, so the other wire coming from the light must be a negative. (were your keys turned? because current flows through that wire only when the key is turned.)
i dont remember exactly, but you couldn't find where that other wire goes right? it's not the one that went to the cluster? that wire must go to a negative or to a ground so there's no point finding it now.
now what about that loose wire you found near the fuse box? what kind of connector/end did it have, what color was the wire (did it look stock), and could you possibly see where it connected or spliced into? another thought, could one of the wires from the light have been connected to this other loose wire?
The loose wire looks exactly like the 2 pin wire that is used to extract CEL codes. its got a blue cover. I cant find were it is meant to go (i cant really see as there is too many wires and not many places I can put my head. However I think I found the problem...
A couple weeks ago my left fog light blew. And I didnt have time to replace it and I thought I should have a look just in case that was the reason things were not working. I opened it and the wire leading to the fog light was wet and dripping. And there was some but very little water on the connecting part of the light. Could this be the problem, as for solving it I don't know what to do but let it dry. I am going to look over the fuses again.
its fixed!, it was a fuse in the under hood compartment... should have checked ages ago but at least I know what the problem is now. Thanks for your help!
haha sometimes the answer is right under your nose. i can't believe i forgot about the hood fuse box either.
keep an eye on things though, because there was obviously a short somewhere, maybe it was your fogs. so once they dry out seal the wires better or whatnot.
Sorry to bring back an old thread, but I have the same problem. I looked through the fuses and all of them are fine. I dont know what to do.
did u check all of them with a test light or multimeter? sometimes they are hard to fully see if they blew, or do u have any aftermarket electrical?(cd player, gauges, etc.)
I had this problem a few months ago.
After searching for like a month of it happening over and over, replacing a ton of fuses, there was one wire under the hood that was unplugged. It was going to my starter.
I had just had it replaced though and the guy didn't plug the wire back in.
Hmm idk. It took a while to figure it out, but it may not be that on yours, just have to see what all is on that circuit with the gauges and tail lights and check those fuses to see what is shorting out.
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Thanks for the input. I will check with a test light tomorrow morning. I do have an aftermarket radio, but it has been connected for about 5 months now. I will also check the starter as well. Thank you again!
Thanks for the input. I will check with a test light tomorrow morning. I do have an aftermarket radio, but it has been connected for about 5 months now. I will also check the starter as well. Thank you again!
Well, I found the problem. It was the "tail light" fuse in the interior fuse box. 15 amp. It was blown. Replaced it and my lights were back on! Thanks guys.
Well, I found the problem. It was the "tail light" fuse in the interior fuse box. 15 amp. It was blown. Replaced it and my lights were back on! Thanks guys.
koool man! glad to hear it wasnt something krazy but keep a eye out, might be a short somewhere
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but keep a eye out, might be a short somewhere 
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