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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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neither my clocks or my centre dash lights are working the actual car lights come on and clock is lit up but the rest is not on anyone know the reasons?
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:15 PM
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Same thing has happened to my mates Classic, he`s checked all the fuses, but no joy.
I`m thinking its relay or something but which one I dunno.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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fuse box in side the car,10amp fuse middle line right side did mine last week
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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fuse box in side the car,10amp fuse middle line right side did mine last week
My mate said he`s checked all the fuses and they looked ok, he said he was fitting a boost gauge and think he earthed the rear fog wiring on it, and being an import the fog lamp wiring is a right pigs ear.

Is there a relay or is it 100% fuse and hes just not looked properly?
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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from what i gather it all stems from somethingelse, either fog light bulb blown, stereo fitting, or general bad wire somewhere so will get looking asap
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 12:01 AM
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My fog light didn't work and my dash lights all on the that one fuse (import Sti v5)
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by pooeater
My fog light didn't work and my dash lights all on the that one fuse (import Sti v5)
Will tell him to pull it out and look.

Is there a diagram showing what fuse does what, as I can`t read Japanese lol.
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 12:06 AM
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Yea mine to, deffo that red 10amp fuse if not mayb a relay
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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updat finally got some daylight time to look, and the fuse was plain and simply mising, centre console is lit up but cant see if clocks are as its to bright, the clock dims as i put on the lights so guessing power is getting to that area.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 06:03 PM
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Same thing happened to me today. Haven't figured it out yet, will check the fuse tomorrow. The earth for the fog came out while I was removing the plastic section under the steering surround... bit annoying if the fuse blew that easy.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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two things:
1. NEVER rely on a visual check of a blade fuse. ALWAYS remove it and use a fuse checker or a multimeter.

2. Stop with the stuff about relays.
First off, tiny stuff like dash lights doesn't need a relay, and second, relays rarely, if ever, go wrong. The ones that do are generally because they got filled with water, etc.
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