WTF is wrong?!

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Akers87

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Truckee/Tahoe Area

• Apr 10, 2008

• #1

headlights work
tail lights work
*dash lighting wont work!
fuses are good
when i pull the knob, oem clock goes off instead of dimming.

what does this mean for me?

 

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MisterFRjunior

NAXJA Forum User

Location

riverside,ca

• Apr 10, 2008

• #2

Sounds like a goofed up light switch

 

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Akers87

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Truckee/Tahoe Area

• Apr 10, 2008

• #3

hmm, posibly i suppose:dunno:

 

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xjs4two

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Colorado

• Apr 10, 2008

• #4

Where i'm at, RARELY do i see an XJ in the junk yard WITHOUT a headlight switch. Even if you're not completely sold on it being the switch, you might just go pull one for fun (and practice) and give it a shot. I can't see them charging you more than $5 for it at the scrap yard, or better yet, see if they will let you take it out to the parking lot and try it.

 

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Akers87

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Truckee/Tahoe Area

• Apr 10, 2008

• #5

yeah, cant lose with that idea.

 

8Mud

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Central Germany

• Apr 10, 2008

• #6

Most of the time it's the rheostat built into the back of the headlight switch, sometimes it's heat damage to the connectors or wiring from a faulty (shorted) rheostat.

 

in2fords

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Lincoln City, Oregon

• Apr 10, 2008

• #7

headlight switch or bad grounds. the printed cirquit could be coroded and shorting enough to kill the clock. I allways ned to fiddle with my light switch for the gauges to light up, does turning it do anything?

 

Steve_Moore

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Missouri

• Apr 10, 2008

• #8

I had one that the lights, heater and turn signals wouldn't work. I sold it.

 

T3hk1w1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Houston

• Apr 11, 2008

• #9

I would check the headlight switch. I've found that I can't turn off the headlights on my XJ unless the engine is running...