After I installed my new radio, none of my gauge illumination lights come on when I turn my headlights on its pitch black only my turn signals and warning lights come on and the fuses are all good
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Apr 15, 2026
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Any chance you inadvertently dimmed the gauge lights?Originally Posted by ROADKILL76
After I installed my new radio, none of my gauge illumination lights come on when I turn my headlights on its pitch black only my turn signals and warning lights come on and the fuses are all good JamesC
Yea that was one of the first things I checked
I have no power at the fuse......
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We assume you meant the INST LPS fuse.Originally Posted by ROADKILL76
I have no power at the fuse...... If the “parking” lamps illuminate, your problem is a bad connection FROM the switch internals where the connection is made to the potentiometer TO the input side of the aforementioned fuse.
Using a voltmeter or test light (the type for testing for voltage, not a continuity tester) probe the green wire at the headlight switch when the “parking” lights are on.
Is there power there?
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Sorry for the long delay but yes it does have power at the switch but still no lights
So I found out I'm an idiot and missed the gray "illumination" wire that was stripped and sitting off to the side in my radio pod for some reason. What could that've shorted out?...
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If you have no power on even one side of the fuse your problem is a bad connection from the green wire at the switch to the input side of the aforementioned fuse.Originally Posted by ROADKILL76
……yes it does have power at the switch but still no lights For example, a broken or disconnected wire.
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Does the gray illumination wire HAVE to be connected for the dash lights to work? My pioneer doesn't have an illumination wire
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No.Originally Posted by ROADKILL76
Does the gray illumination wire HAVE to be connected for the dash lights to work? My pioneer doesn't have an illumination wire ◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙
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