is there a fuse or relay for the dash lights. I tried to install a radio yesterday and I think I burned a fuse somewere I checked the fuse box near and nothing was burned there. Is there an internal one somewhere? My dash lights (the ones that come on at night) on the spcluster guages and the one on the A/C heater unit dont come on
any help?

 

check the tail light fuse....

 

it should be on the left hand side about half way down...

 

one of your taillight bulb harnesses might be melting it self... an easy 2.99 fix if so.

 

So what was the end result. I have a 94 and the same thing happened.

 

Come on guys please chime in here. I have the exact same issue with my dash lights out and AC/Heat lights being out. Also my clock is out. Checked all the fuses and they all are fine.

 

Some one already told you guys what the problem is:

CHECK YOUR TAIL LIGHTS/BREAK LIGHTS
if your bulbs are blown replace them and your inside lights will work. The dash lights go out for safety reasons (so you would know your break lights are out)

Your clock is a diff issues, check stikies for repair info. you would have to resolder something inside clock...

 

It should bethe taillight fuse. That usually happens when theres a short in the system. Fix the short also.

 

I checked all the bulbs and fuses and they all check out. I believe it is a short with some assembly under the dash that is behind the anti theft system box on the drivers side.

It is real annoying not having dash lights though.

 

Well turns out that the circuit board that is behind the theft warning box was blown. I replaced that and the bulbs and now all the dash lights are on. The clock was off because who ever had the car before never plugged it back in.

 

How much was it to replace the circuit board?

 

Got it from the junkyard for $40

Just make sure there are no burn marks on the board.

I think new it is like $90 or $100

 

Was it the whole cluster?

 

Well the cluster lights were out and so was the clock. So I pulled the dash off to see what was going on. I checked out the relay box which is a circuit board in a white box located on the driver side right behind the theft warning box. There were burn marks on the circuit board itself. When I replaced the box with a junkyard one the lights were working. I just had to replace so bulbs and connectors since who ever had the car wired in some pillar guages and used the bulb as 12 volt source. I might put the guages back in but no big rush.

 

holy crap, 40 bucks for a lil white plastic box with 15 years old circuit board inside? I got mine for 5 bucks lol. plus, if you're good at soldering, you can resolder the burnt line and it will work again. Its usually the traces that will be burnt off, and not the components themselves.

 

Well the actual board was burnt right through. And it was the connection to the resistor. Yeah the junkyards in brooklyn can rob you if they know the value of the part.

 

Glad this post came up. I had been searching for days for an answer to this problem. Got all the same advice with regard to brake light bulbs being out.
Turned out I also had a fried circuit board on the Time Control Unit (white box behind the theft warning device). What a huge drag it was isolating this -- but it feels so good to finally have gotten this solved. Fortunately, I was able to repair the board and resolder the connections.

 

have fun installing that old pos. I love the stupid fools out here in utah, they have no clue how to price anything.

 

Installing what? The part I took out and repaired? It's already back in. Getting it out was a pain in the azz tho.

 

Why all here give and all receive the same advice? Cause 9 in 10 cases, its the easy one... so why point to the hard nonobvious ones - online? To those cases that 9ppl in 10 cannot do anythin about? Those who cando troubleshooting, do not need online help: they only want the typical most obvious cases related to tha specific model, just to speed up.

Still, I did draw to that box a red line for u on the schema, so pls come on and tell now what was exactly the problem? Which component? Still I guess u problem was the trivial 9in 10 case: plain pure solder prbl as so many over and over explain here, and point out time and time again... Oh boy, and thanks.

 

Well it's too late for me to take pictures, but you're right I should have.
In any case, I couldn't tell you what part I specifically repaired on the circuit board except to say it was smoked and the connection was broken.
I cleaned it up (very carefully) and resoldered.
Sorry Wiking. I didn't even notice the schema attachment. For me anyway, "little white box" (Time Control Unit) was a lot faster than the FSM schematics anyway.

 

The small boxes under dash, and their solderings are frequent fliers on the forum. So ppl could take that into basic tuneup as they get their max... I had no problems on ASCD, but decided to resolder that just in case. Happened that my PCB was in excellent condition. But I think I'll just take a peek in the others... suggest U will also.

Here's my ASCD speed ctrl board:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/748507/19