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Posted by reekola (My Page) on

Wed, Sep 5, 07 at 14:13

Dash Light(s) Out '90 Nissan Maxima. Totally dark at night when headlights on. All the gauges seem to work all right. No other electrical problems that I know of.
Didn't see a fuse labeled for dash lights. Could the bulb be burned out? If so, not sure how to get at it. Any advice appreciated.
thanks!

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Posted by steve_o (My Page) on
Wed, Sep 5, 07 at 23:01

There likely is more than one fuse for all the dash lights. Do you have the owner's manual? That should list fuses. Also, most cars have a rheostat (knob) you can turn to vary the brightness of the dash lighting. Have you tried twisting that to see if it's just conducting poorly?

There's more than one bulb; unless something fried, I would think it odd that all of them went out at the same time. But stranger things have happened.

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Posted by john999 (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 6, 07 at 22:21

Have you tried turning the dash light dimmer ?

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Posted by reekola (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 11, 07 at 8:54

I just looked at taillights this morning when I had the headlights on - they were out as well. Looks like they may be on the same fuse. I'll check them out tonight. My fuse cover was lost, but I found it this weekend, so should be able to find it.

Thanks for you help!

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Posted by reekola (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 13, 07 at 13:54

Yup - it was the tail light fuse that was blown. Dash lights were also on that fuse. Neither the fuse panel nor the manual said anything about dash lights, but I searched the web for my problem and saw several other posts for different cars that described both being on the same fuse, so I checked my tail lights and low and behold, they were out as well! I wouldn't have even known if I didn't look. Guess I should check all my lights more often.

Thanks for the help.

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Posted by ema02 (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 4, 09 at 4:40

It's a good thing to have a general check-up of your car regularly. Make it a habit so you'll no longer encounter such hassles and you can also detect the real source of your car problems.

Here is a link that might be useful: Metro Molded Tail Light Mounting Pad

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