Dashboard Lights

[dcinti]

I was wondering about the dashboard lights on the instruments, they like to not come on when starting the car at times. I have checked the fuses but can not figure it out.

[Nate's Alero]

Bad Cluster.

[SIUlero]

Also check the grounds.

[dcinti]

This is found on the driver side under the hood right! If is the ground, man, that is elecrical and that is a pain in the butt. Thanks for the help.

[SIUlero]

The ground is on the driver's side of the dash, near the fuse panel behind the endpanel cover. There's several of them. You'll see a few little black plastic boxes, each with several wires going into it, and a single bolt holding it to the metal part of the dash. Undo that bolt, use sandpaper to clean up the mating surfaces, and bolt it back up...very simple. If they get bad enough, your whole car can go dead...I speak from experience

[Shiwnath]

Wait which dashboard lights? Have tried flicking the vent switch upwards? Also the cluster bulbs might be out as well. Or are you talking about the actually little lights that say "ABS", "Security", "Service Vechicle Soon"...etc ...A pic might help too

[dcinti]

Originally Posted by SIUlero

The ground is on the driver's side of the dash, near the fuse panel behind the endpanel cover. There's several of them. You'll see a few little black plastic boxes, each with several wires going into it, and a single bolt holding it to the metal part of the dash. Undo that bolt, use sandpaper to clean up the mating surfaces, and bolt it back up...very simple. If they get bad enough, your whole car can go dead...I speak from experience

I thank you for the help, much appreciated. I am going to give it a shot.

[dcinti]

I will send a pic a quick as I can. It is just the lights on the whole dashboard.