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hey everyone,

just a bit of concern here, last nite i was dropping a friend off at home, anyway once i dropped him off i noticed like a zap from where my head unit should be (i havent put it in yet) and then all the lights on my dash switched off, my boost guage light switched off also.

the headlights were still in working order and the guages were still working, but they would not light up..

any ideas what could have happened? i'd appreciate any feedback..

BTW. its a series 2 r33

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You probably have a live feed for the head unit illumination floating around in the space. It's zapped itself to earth and frazzled the fuse.

well there is currant running through the wires because i can hear it winding as i accelarate.. i changed the fuse..

my clock now lights up again which didnt before hand..

however, my parkers are not working or lighting up now..

would i better better off taking it to an auto elec?

  • 1 month later...

99% sure it would be a fuse.

check ur fuse box undnerneath ur steering wheel.

check alll the fuses, not just the relevent ones

sounds stupid

but somethign similar happened to my friend, he had a professional check the relevent fuses and found no problems. i had a look. randomly pulled out the "engine" fuse (this is in a 93 corolla) and sure enough the fuse was broken and a easy fix

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