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caldera193
10-08-2012, 05:33 PM
Sooooo my dad trying to be nice decided to hookup my ebay fog lights i ordered while i was at work. He is a mechanic for 37 years but electrical is not exactly his strong point. He decided to try and wire the car, not unplugging the battery and blew something in my dash because now only half of my dash lights up. He said he saw a burst of smoke from under the dash. But now everything from 80mph to the right is out. I know its not a fuse because the whole dash and center console is on one, so I'm thinking it's a tracing wire to the gauge cluster. I'm just trying to see if anyone else has had a similar issue and if so how i can go about fixing it. I really need the help so please if you know reply. Thanksss

tlikethedrink
10-08-2012, 05:48 PM
open the cluster, find the burnt trace. happened to a few people, myself included!

caldera193
10-09-2012, 10:44 AM
can i just swap out the trace wire?

Danielsle
10-09-2012, 10:57 AM
Yes you'll have to trace and resolder. I just replaced my cluster. Once the cluster was replaced my climate control buttons came on again.