I have a 2001 Maxima GLE With close to 100K Miles, Whenever the Headlights are ON -- The Display on the Odometer / Dashboard, Bose Head Unit Display and the Temperature Display are off..
Bottomline, No Ambient Light in my car after it turns dark...

Any clues as whats gone and how expensive is it to fix this?

 

do you have the gauge cluster light level set really low?

 

LOL I thought I had the same problem one night, I was coming out of my friends house, got in my car, turned it on, and boom, no interior lights. Everything worked, stereo, climate controll, but no dash lights. I reached down to adjust what I thought was the little dimmer switch, but I seemed to have found the mirror adjuster. I thought I blew a fuze or something, so I drove home on the highway using a lighter to see how fast I was going lol. Then the next day I realized what a stupid ******* I was lol

 

Were you drunk?

 

no comment

let's just say this is my 4th maxima, I should know the difference between the mirror **** and the dimmer switch

 

I tried it either wise -- No Luck.

 

You may need :

1- A new dimmer switch
2- A new fuse somewhere, check them


All those things you described are on the same circut, I would check the fuses, then get a new switch.

 

i'd say it was a fuse

 

In my case only the the bose displays comes off when I turn on the lights, the AC display works fine.

does this also sound like a fuse, or is it something else? thanks

 

Could be a fuse

 

Hey I got the same problem...My AC lighting and some buttons on the BOSE display don't work.

What's the fix.. what fuses are supposed to be changed.

Roger Diaz

 

Do you think it is a fuse in the head unit or a fuse on the main panel? It sounds strange that there would be a fuse for just the display light...

 

check your fuses