Help No dash or marker lights

[SlowGT]

i got in my 05 accent this morning and i seen my dash was not lit up i didnt think anything of it till i was on my way to work and people started to flash lights at me. when i got to work i saw that only my headlights and fog lights were on. anyone else have this happen? i dont have a second car to drop it off at the dealer. can anyone help?

[Danath256]

check your fuses, there should be one under there that will fix the dash lights and the others.

If you pop in a new fuse and it blows check your bulbs and make sure there isn't a short at the socket or in the bulb itself.

[SlowGT]

all the fuses are good

[SlowGT]

if i jump the tail light relay to the light switch is works. is there anything inbetween that that could make it not work??

[newbtastic]

I just had this happen to me last week. On one side of your engine bay there is another fuse box and in there is a row of maybe 5 or 6 10 amp fuses. one of them controls the dash lights and most exterior lights. check them all. i had another one out that controled some other lights i thought just didnt work. anyway, hope that helps. Mine is a 96 though so it may look a little different

[SlowGT]

Originally Posted by newbtastic

I just had this happen to me last week. On one side of your engine bay there is another fuse box and in there is a row of maybe 5 or 6 10 amp fuses. one of them controls the dash lights and most exterior lights. check them all. i had another one out that controled some other lights i thought just didnt work. anyway, hope that helps. Mine is a 96 though so it may look a little different

i thought it could be one of the fuses in that box but its not :-( i have most of my car apart right now. it has to be something easy.

[newbtastic]

have you had any luck with your dash light issue?

[doc182]

even though the fuse is good make sure that the fuse is making contact with the metal tabs in the fuse box, I had this same problem no dash lights or parking lights. turned out that the fuse was not making contact, just wiggle it and see if the lights come on.

[SlowGT]

Originally Posted by newbtastic

have you had any luck with your dash light issue?

I ended up taking my dash apart and tested wire by wire till i found that there was a break in the line between the engine fuse block and the TACS (time & alarm control system) box so i had to run a new wire from the tail light relay in the engine fuse box to the TACS under the dash. so my lights now work again. i would still like to know what happened to make it break. thanks to everyone that gave suggestions.

[J0eFr0]

squirrels?