need help., no lights in gauge dash ,,,

josh71taurus · Post by **josh71taurus** » February 16th, 2005, 12:07 pm

ok im new in the mx3 world ,. really didnt know much of this car , til i had to by a used car for transpo , n now ,. well lets just say its been really hard finding other mx3 n people that know about them,

my first prob ,. is the dash board gauge area lights,. are out ,. nothing to see at nite,. already looked at fuses n nothing there,. do i have to take dash board apart? i also am in need a a back bumper, the one one i found in my area , they want 150 for it,. i was thinking it was liek other cars 60 to 80 dllrs for use bumper, but like i said , this car hard to find parts for, can anyone help? is there like a place out here in the west coast , calif area, were i can find a cheap version of a back bumper? after market type, if i cant find original bumper?

Grants · Post by **Grants** » February 16th, 2005, 3:37 pm

Your dash light problem is pretty common and is probably the dimmer. Check this thread for more info.
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... r&&start=0

Good luck with it and welcome!

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 16th, 2005, 7:57 pm

Grant's - between you and Taras, you're the illumination wizards of MX3.com..........................LOL

Grants · Post by **Grants** » February 16th, 2005, 8:41 pm

Thanks jschrauwen but Taras has a lot more technical info than me, I'm just a mug electrician

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 16th, 2005, 11:23 pm

hey,

maybe you can help me out. my hvac lights don't work. i think that's caused by a loose wire because i remember a while ago i slide the temp selector hard towards the cold side and it worked for like 5 minutes. i got it to flicker a couple more time, but nothing since then. also, the rear defrost light never works and when i push the rear defrost button the 4-way light turns out and doesn't come back until the next day.

it's nothing serious, but it is kinda annoying. so, if you have a remedy for this problem, please let me know. thanks a lot.

Grants · Post by **Grants** » February 17th, 2005, 12:03 am

ovendenk, yours sounds like a grounding problem. There seems to be 2 ground points for the equipment your talking about and they are (quote):
- Ground I Left side of underdash, above fuse block and
- Ground J Underdash, below instument cluster.

See if you can find them - there could be up to 7 black wires joining somewhere near those points. Maybe in some sort of strip connector? Just check all the connections if you can.