illumination lights packed up

[1781cc]

weird one this, checked all the fuses and everything is normal.

basically, out of the blue, the dash and heater panels no longer illuminate when I turn the headlights on. no idea why, so any suggestions welcome? anyone had this problem?

thanks

Lee

[simon20vq]

It could be the dimmer switch on the speedo pod, they crack and everything goes dark. It can be replaced with the speedo removed.

[1781cc]

but would that take out the heater panel and centre console illumination as well?

either way, thanks for the tip, will have a look at that

[Biggss2]

before u take anything apart, play with the knobs on the speedo fascia 1st! one of them is a dimmer!- iirc the one next to the clock adjuster!

otherwise, check rear plate lights/glove box light (same circuit) for a short

5amp fuse in fusebox provides power to dash lights/ rear plate lights/glove box!

[1781cc]

I knew about the dimmer actually, didnt do anything, its a black hole at the mo, which means nighttime driving is out as I cant see the speedo at all.

glove box is out of the car and disconnected - the lights were working fine yesterday. and I checked all the fuses, I think specifically, 12 & 19 pertained to the lights, but I checked all as a matter of course.

bizarely tho, my central locking all works fine now...

[gavs20v]

Check the glove box light and or the number plate light. If either are shorting you'll lose illumination lights

[1781cc]

ok, managed to get outside and the numberplate lights are dead, so I guess that points me in the right direction - thanks for the tip guys. Going to go through the fusebox once again and see if I missed something, not really that electrically minded, so where else would I need to look if fuses are OK?

[newsh]

If glove box is out maybe glove box light is hanging down shorting on something?

[1781cc]

ok, got it sorted, turns out the lightbulb cables were touching in the glovebox... and had blown fuse #5 but it didnt look blown when I checked it. Thanks for the direction guys