First off, there are a few things you need to check before coming to my conclusion.
1.) are your tail lights out as well? If so, check your tail light and interior light fuses; they most likely have blown.
2.) if that fixes your tail lights, but your dash lights still are not working, check the bulbs by removing the cluster (there should be two screws at the top of the cluster, take those out), then grab from the bottom of the black cover and pull out; it should pop right out. After that, there should be two more screws at the top of the clear plastic cover of your cluster. Remove those, and the cluster should come free. Pull out the three pigtails and examine the back of the cluster.
3.) there should be four or five little grey plastic pieces; turn them, pull them out, and check to see if you blew all the bulbs. If you have blown them, remove them and replace them (Auto Zone sells them for around five bucks for two bulbs; also, pick up some bulb grease for the extra dollar to seal it and make them easier to remove in the future.)
4.) once you've replaced the bulbs check once again to see if that has fixed your problem. If not, you had the same problem I had and blew the dimmer switch or dimmer control module.
5.) to solve this, remove your radio and look at the wiring harness in the back. The orange wire with a white stripe that generally should be connected to the orange illumination wire attached to the aftermarket stereo needs to be disconnected and attached to the ground wire from the stereo (black wire). So the black wire from the stereo will be connected not only to the black wire on the harness, but it will also have the orange wire with a white stripe attached.
6.) now turn on your headlights, and your dash lights should again be illuminated!!!
By doing this, you bypass the dimmer switch so your dash lights will be on full brightness, but your dash lights will work! I've been trying to figure this out for months and just got it a few hours ago. Let me know if this helped, if I wasn't clear on anything, or if you have some questions.
Good Luck!
1.) are your tail lights out as well? If so, check your tail light and interior light fuses; they most likely have blown.
2.) if that fixes your tail lights, but your dash lights still are not working, check the bulbs by removing the cluster (there should be two screws at the top of the cluster, take those out), then grab from the bottom of the black cover and pull out; it should pop right out. After that, there should be two more screws at the top of the clear plastic cover of your cluster. Remove those, and the cluster should come free. Pull out the three pigtails and examine the back of the cluster.
3.) there should be four or five little grey plastic pieces; turn them, pull them out, and check to see if you blew all the bulbs. If you have blown them, remove them and replace them (Auto Zone sells them for around five bucks for two bulbs; also, pick up some bulb grease for the extra dollar to seal it and make them easier to remove in the future.)
4.) once you've replaced the bulbs check once again to see if that has fixed your problem. If not, you had the same problem I had and blew the dimmer switch or dimmer control module.
5.) to solve this, remove your radio and look at the wiring harness in the back. The orange wire with a white stripe that generally should be connected to the orange illumination wire attached to the aftermarket stereo needs to be disconnected and attached to the ground wire from the stereo (black wire). So the black wire from the stereo will be connected not only to the black wire on the harness, but it will also have the orange wire with a white stripe attached.
6.) now turn on your headlights, and your dash lights should again be illuminated!!!
By doing this, you bypass the dimmer switch so your dash lights will be on full brightness, but your dash lights will work! I've been trying to figure this out for months and just got it a few hours ago. Let me know if this helped, if I wasn't clear on anything, or if you have some questions.
Good Luck!