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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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turning on headlights= dash lights go off

ok so when i turn on the headlights the dash and a/c knob lights go off. driving at night is a no no since i cant tell what speed im goin. one person tells me it might be a fuse, but i get others that say that there might be a short somewhere. has anyone ever had this problem any help would be great
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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try your dash dimmer knob
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:18 PM
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yeah did that, but the problem was that the wires werent connected to the dimmer knob....ARCHIE! hahaha, anyways problem fixed
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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might be the switch..if you know someone with an evo swap them to see if using his fixes things then you know for sure...on my old subie the switch went bad and I was having a similar problem.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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lol. I bought a new silverado a few years ago and my dash dimmer was all the way low. I couldn't figure it out for a little wile. Stupid, funny mistake.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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Good job troubleshooting and getting it fixed.

Josh
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