dash board gauges

[cherrington17]

Originally Posted by FamousFresh

ok i kinda figured that and i did leave it uncapped. but the leds work and no fuses are blown could i have fried the gauge cluster all together.

uncapped....

wait




did you use wire nuts to do this!?!?!

[broken__one]

Originally Posted by cherrington17

uncapped....

wait




did you use wire nuts to do this!?!?!

Some people shouldn't play with wires.

[FamousFresh]

on mine its the brown wire. i have a 2000 gls

[FamousFresh]

naw i dont cap my wires at all.

i use the very usefull electric tape on the ends of my wires.

[PappaSmurf]

do you bend the end of the wire up, to where it is meeting the same wire creating a loop before taping? Without doing this and still taping, the taping could have came loose and fried it.
-Smurf-

[kingjames64]

So I have the exact same problem as this guy. I did it over a year ago and yes I know, I shouldnt have been playing with wires. The illumination wire touched something im 100% positively sure. I have checked all fuses multiple times, bought a new gauge cluster then realized that wasnt the problem, bought gauge overlays and they worked miracles, but I want my HVAC lights and lights around my shifter to work too. I need some helps fellas. Also my Dimmer switch doesnt seem to work and my manual light switch doesnt work. Last Christmas i Couldnt turn my lights off when driving through the park, I really want to fix that this year haha.

[Nate's Alero]

hmmm, sounds like multifunction switch is fooked, or a relay

[cherrington17]

Originally Posted by Nate's Alero

hmmm, sounds like multifunction switch is fooked, or a relay

by multifunction, you mean his dimmer switch, right? if the wire you were playing with, was gray... thats only for lighting...

get a new dimmer switch, and you should be fine.

[kingjames64]

Well, whenever I turn my dimmer switch all the way up the interior lights come on like they're suppose to just not my dash, havocs, and gears. It may have been an orange wire its been a year like i said. And any idea on whats wrong with the manual lights?

[cherrington17]

there aren't very many orange wires. one goes from your Multifunction switch to your Auto Park Lamp Relay and your Park LPS fuse.

3 orange wires come out of your BCM for power to your internal lights.
(1 powers the lights, the other 2 go directly to fuses)

thats almost ALWAYS the INTLPS fuse. either under the hood, or top right of the passanger fuse box.


if not... you might have burned out that small segment of your BCM. not quite sure how... but i can't give you a good reason why they aren't working, other then that.

[kingjames64]

so would you say my best bet is a new dimmer switch?

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it's grammar

[kingjames64]

So I decided to buy some leds and hook them up the way cherrington's how-to says. I'm pretty sure this will work as long as i hook them up to something that is hot and something that is ground.
Sound good?

[cherrington17]

yes. Use the dimmer switch power and ground.

you can use any gray illumination wire, and black ground wire, though.

[kingjames64]

thanks man!

every mechanic was goin to charge me 100 plus to fix this and half of them had no clue what the problem was in the first place even after i told them what i had done

[cherrington17]

many "shop" mechanics know physical/mechanical stuff... but no knowledge of electrical stuff, at all.

its kinda sad, but at the same time, a bunch of moderate mechanical stuff, about nearly all makes of cars....takes up alot of brain room.

[kingjames64]

yea i understand though. I have had my alero for almost 2 years and i still dont know jack.