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

[aculda@cogeco.ca (Adrian C.)]

sounds like a ground to me ...
check em too ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rose" <slash2@mindspring.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: Lights out! dash lights, cig light, and oil light .. why?


> I just had this same prob lem,  check the dimmer.  Mine started smoking.
> And I wasn't.
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> 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
> 88 red 16v
> 78 "sky blue"
> 90 yellow g60(not too much left now)
> Import R  "solid shift" linkages for VW A1 chassis
>
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