Ok so this weekend i decided to pull the fron bezel off the dash so i could rewire my HU. well i got the HU put in and running good. I put the dash back together (everything back in the right spot) and guess what........my dash lights quit working on me and they worked fine the night before i tore it all apart. I think i pulled something lose but i dont know what. Has anyone done this before and what could it be. also its not a fuse i checked already.

2000 Blazer

 

this happened to me. i put in a new stereo and now my dash lights dont work, and neither does my overhead compass. well it works in the daytime for some reason just not at night long story short i put up a thread asking for help and no one really new what it could be. hopefully someone can help us though ive been driving without lights for about 3 or 4 months mow lol

 

lol it wouldnt be so bad if my wife diddnt freak out lol. then again i could be doing 20 in a 55 and my wife would freak out lol.

 

haha yeah i know what your saying. just thought it would be important to add that my mileage and any warning lights still light up though. can anyone help us?

 

my mileage and warning lights come on too

 

if i remember correctly, there was an orange wire that said "dash illumination" coming from the harness that plugs into the harness in your car, the one that you wire up to the radio harness, and there was no wire to match it up too?

 

Re-check your fuses. you likely left the illumination wire bare and or let it hit something it shouldn't have.
Dimmer
VIOLET/WHITE
(-)
RADIO HARNESS
Check fuses with a multimeter...

gc00stbdy_8-551
check your 10 amp illumination fuse. 3rd to the right on the bottom row.

 

so your saying that even if i dint hook up the wire to anything my dash illumination should still work? and idk about how to use a multimeter, i just checked to make sure the fuses werent blown

 

yes it would still work just fine. only thing it's there for is if your aftermarket radio has the option of dimming with the dash lights. i RARELY ever use it at work for customers cars unless they specifically want me to.

 

my dads an electrician so im sure he has a multimeter, but can you give me some steps i can follow cause im definately not an electrician as you can tell lol

and also my window release switch and everything else works that says its controlled by the illum. fuse