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

[jlagnese@massed.net (John Lagnese)]

This post made me remember my 83 audi. The rheostat was tired. I had to
turn it up and down to get any lights? Have you tried the dimmer in
different spots?
John

Rabbit16v wrote:

> It is probably either the wire that goes to the headlight switch that
> supplies power to the lights (grey and blue I think), the ground wire
> (brown, of course) or your switch.  More than likely it's the switch
> since all that has to happen is that a teeny tiny wire breaks on the
> winding for the reostat and "lights out".  If you find that you need a
> switch, I have one cheap from a 87 16v.  HTH!! Dave
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Dan Kraus
>      To: pbureau@attbi.com
>      Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>      Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:25 PM
>      Subject: Re: Lights out! dash lights, cig light, and oil
>      light .. why?
>       Yes, I checked the fuse... These are the "lights" that turn
>      on when you turn on the headlight switch. The clock and cig
>      still work but the lights do not turn on.
>
>      Dan [Image]
>