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Hey guys.. Just got my skyline 2 weeks ago and yeah my electrics is playing up. When i turn the car on all the power doesnt work. Like the dials dont work, the aircon, blinkers and the power steering. The headlights work still tho. Im not sure whats going on. About a week it was working after 5mins of running the car and now it just stopped working. Has anyone had this problem or would know how to fix it??

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Straight to an auto elec... could be a million things... Could be an earth, could be a multitude of fuses... Sorry I can't give you any specific help.

Edited by Crimpage

I had a similar problem and it ended up being the reverese switch on the gearbox was damaged. It caused all types of weird problems some of which yo are having. Id suggest getting to to an auto elec ASAP. Lucky for me I replaced the switch and the battery cause it drained it beyond charging.

Also my alternator was a 50/50 chance of working again too luckly it wasnt stuffed though.

Edited by alphanumeric

yeah maybe my reverese switch on the gearbox might be damaged. The other day i put it in reverese and it worked and then stopped working agains.. by the time my windoes were down and now i cant get them up. how much did it cost u too fix???

yeah maybe my reverese switch on the gearbox might be damaged. The other day i put it in reverese and it worked and then stopped working agains.. by the time my windoes were down and now i cant get them up. how much did it cost u too fix???

Get someone to check if your reverse lights come on when you pop it into reverese thats the easiest way too tell if its the switch or not.

yeah maybe my reverese switch on the gearbox might be damaged. The other day i put it in reverese and it worked and then stopped working agains.. by the time my windoes were down and now i cant get them up. how much did it cost u too fix???

Also you probably cant get your windows up because you have blown a fuse. Do your instruments on the dash work?

hey i checked the reverse light and yeah its not working either. i checked all fuses and yeah its all fine. The fuses were abit greesy tho?? is that suppose to be like that???

Its either not getting power to the switch or its damaged like mine was. Bets thing to do is take it to an auto elec tell him all the problems and he should be able to locate it pretty quickly. If you have a mate that has a hoist get him to put it up on one and check the switch yourself. It might be the the problem or it might be something else its hard to tell with electrics.

Good luck!

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