I attempted to change the gauge LED's tonight. Changed one, made sure I was doing it right, worked out. I then went ahead and did all 4 for the gas and temp gauge. When I plugged it in and checked it, none of them worked, nor did anything to the right of that. Went back in and realized that 2 of the 4 had the wrong polarity, so I switched them around, plugged it back in... no luck. Replaced all 4 LED's with brand new ones, but still nothing.

I noticed that all the LEDs are numbered, and it happens to be that 28 and up are not working (the gas and temp lights are 28-30). Not only does most of my dashboard no longer light up, but neither does any of my center console. Can someone pleeease help.

 

check the dimmer?

 

:::sigh::: I'm a moron. All of them (including the center console) is working now, except for #s 28 and 29, so I'm gonna try to figure out why. Thanks a lot though, saved me a lot of time.

 

well.. most of those leds are in series...

meaning.. if one goes out.. the others will too...

check all connections... and/or see if one led is burnt out, wrong.. etc.. etc...

 

Yea. I just replaced the two that weren't working and viola. Everything works. Again, thanks for your help. I was ready to start find the price for a new circuit board.

 

lol check the dimmer.lol. scary right?

 

scary that it's not an uncommon occurance...

and it's happened a few times before...

 

yep... it is easy to make that mistake at first

 

grrr i almost broke my window cuz it wouldnt open... then i realized i had the window lock on.

 

almost broke his own windows.

 

thats actually happened to me when i first got my car. i started cursing out my window, and i was gonna take it back to the dealer. But then i read in the manual that the tc has passenger side window lock. IM AN IDIOT!!! LOL

 

yea.. and you lose control of it on the driver's side too if the lock is on..

another common mistake..
"uhm.. check window lock?"

 

^^ I read the manual when I got the car... and that still got me for about 5 minutes one day!