Lights out! dash lights, cig light, and oil light .. why?

[slash2@mindspring.com (Scott Rose)]

I just had this same prob lem,  check the dimmer.  Mine started smoking.
And I wasn't.




At 12:16 AM 9/24/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Sounds like a fuse or relay to me... although I don't have my Bentley on me
>to check.  My entire center console was out when I bought my car, and it
>drove me nuts trying to figure it out.  Turns out the PO had a stereo
>system, and shorted something which in turn burnt out all the bulbs on the
>center console wiring.  Great fun!  Hopefully this is not the case for you.
>>  > From: "Dan Kraus"  > Date: 2002/09/23 Mon PM 11:06:43 EDT > To:  >
>Subject: Lights out! dash lights, cig light, and oil light .. why? >  >
>Hello, >  > All my dash lights, cluster, cig light, and oil light went out
>tonight... Headlights still work but it's a total blackout inside. >  > Any
>ideas? >  > TIA, > Dan Kraus :-) >  >      Hello,    went out tonight...
>Headlights still work but it's a total  blackout inside.   Any ideas?  
>TIA, Dan Kraus :-)  
Scott Rose
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