Buttons Not Lighting Up

[-Alero-]

ok i recently left the negetive terminal off my battery to reset my computer.

and i start the car up, runs fine and all, but i notice the driver side buttons/switches arent lighting up (at night)

like the window switches and the mirror button do not light up at all.

so i look at all my fuses and i cant find a single one blown.....

any ideas?

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

did you check both fuse boxes? (dash panel AND under the hood?) And are you just looking or do you have a tester? If you have a tester and still can't find a bad fuse, then I really don't know.

[cherrington17]

maybe one of the wires burned up, got a bad ground, or some how blew all the lights....

all sound like extremes, but wierder things have happened...

[-Alero-]

i looked at all the fueses to see if they had the little S shaped thing inside them and they did.

i dunno if any of the Relay's blew, but thats a rare thing to happen : /

sigh.... well im putting in new bulbs in the buttons (soldering) and i just realized there is no bulb in the rear window buttons :(

[AftermathAlero]

if only is lights aren't work.. maybe the bulb inthe switch is blown if all else works. Or maybe a bad wire connection. In the door panel window switch and mirror wiring harness should be a little grey wire like 22gauge .. that is the light wire. Use a digital voltmeter to see if power is going there, if there is power. then the bulb inside the switch is blown.

[-Alero-]

you think one bulb completes a circuit to all 4 of the lights?

[bigd6983]

they might....i think my driver switch led is out but the rest of the window and mirror lights are still working...i have random ones all over the place that are out.......

[Redog]

Yeah check the fuses, I blew out the fuse to my radio installing the Osv dash kit

Replaced it, working fine ever since

[-Alero-]

im looking in all the fuses..... i hope its not one of those big realy looking fuses....

and its a mystery.

[Redog]

I looked it up, but I have a few possibllies

According to the Haynes manual, there is a 10 amp fuse for all interior lights. 10 amp fuses are usually red

There is also a "FROM RIGHT I/P BUSSED ELECTRICAL CENTER" which according to the book is tied into the circut braker for the power windows, this is 25 amps

Right I/P Junction block would be in the fuse box inside the pass side of the car. Pull off the cover plate and read the inside sticker. It might give you more info.

If your windows don't work too, yes the breaker is shot. I'm pretty sure they pull out like a fuse too.

[-Alero-]

my windows work fine, i will look into it though.

appreciate it.