Question About Dash Lights

justin.AZ · Oct 2, 2009, 09:40 PM

Hello,

I have a problem with the dash lights and am wondering if anyone else has had same problem and how to go about correcting the problem.

My car is a 03 oz with red dash lights on cluster and green lights in dash area. Anyway the lights work but when you turn the headlights on they go dim, like dim enough that you can see the speedometer but not the odometer. The clock area and other lights also go dim as well when the headlights are turned on.

Does anyone know the cause of the dim lights and how to fix it?

Justin

GaBe511 · Oct 2, 2009, 09:43 PM

They usually go dim because they assume that when you turn them on its dark.

That being said, they dim them so there not blinding you at night.

Can you still read them at night?

justin.AZ · Oct 2, 2009, 09:58 PM

Gabe,

You can see the speedometer , though its very dim, but the odometer/tripometer you can not see. Its really dim. Tonight my mom put her Solstice in the shop so I loaned her the Lancer , after she arrived home to her house she called to ask how to adjust the lights bcuz she couldn't see them well. Anyway, I told her they are adjusted at their brightest but that they are just hard to see.

Justin

GaBe511 · Oct 2, 2009, 10:02 PM

Is this during night or day driving?

link62 · Oct 2, 2009, 10:37 PM

so u have the little dial on ur dash on bottom lucky i have a pic of it, should look like this

you should u just need to turn that and they should brighten
*and i have two cause i swaped my dash and got an evo one which will go when i get a black cubby to replace it*

justin.AZ · Oct 3, 2009, 03:15 PM

Gabe,

Its during night driving, in daytime I dont need lights to see the speedometer so it would be a non-issue if driving in daylight hours.

Link62,

Thanks for that picture but believe me Ive adjusted the dail , in your pictures, as bright as it goes and still cant see the light.

On another thread I found some simular problems that involved the fuses so Im going to change all the fuses to see if it helps anything. I dont think it a blown fuse though bcuz if it was the lights wouldnt be dim as theyd not even be on at all.

link62 · Oct 3, 2009, 06:46 PM

yea if it is a fuse it wont be on i had that happen to me and its not fun when u find out at night and need to drive with no dash or cluster lights

ohhhz · Oct 28, 2009, 08:59 PM

Similar problem.. the right half of my gauge cluster is overly dim. i'm sure it's a burned out bulb..