electrical help

[risen7]

well i got a new cd player last night and after installing everything my guage lights stopped workin, so i checked the fuses and everything was good but i just decided to change them out anyways. well they still arent workin..i did some searchin on here and saw that this has happened to some other people, have i wired somethin wrong or what???

[cntrylvr79]

It's possible. did you use a wire harness, or did you cut off the factory plug?

[QnzMostWanted]

did u connect the dimmer wire? I've seen where people didnt connect it and it accidentally grounded off causing the dimmer lights not to work

[remarque]

connect the dimmer wires, one is orange and the other is orange with white strips.

[risen7]

i used a wiring harness so i didnt cut anything. i have the orange wire connected to the orange wire with the white stripe so i dont think thats it?? but i was checking my tail lights and i saw that my passenger tail light wasnt working, so i replaced the fuse and it blew again..so i have a short somewhere in my wiring right?

[QnzMostWanted]

try disconnecting the dimmer wires and taping it off and see what happens

[pinoyesv6]

orange and orange/white are different so don't connect the two.

[99 galant]

well id put my 2 cents in but i dont kno anything about this area

good luck tho

[QnzMostWanted]

well id put my 2 cents in but i dont kno anything about this area

good luck tho

post whore!

[bronxbombr]

I say do what Denver says and see what happens.

[AVERAGE]

i used a wiring harness so i didnt cut anything. i have the orange wire connected to the orange wire with the white stripe so i dont think thats it?? but i was checking my tail lights and i saw that my passenger tail light wasnt working, so i replaced the fuse and it blew again..so i have a short somewhere in my wiring right? I had the same problem about a year ago and it miraculously (sp) fixed itself.

[risen7]

alright i was just in the middle of moving during all of this so i havent had any time to work on it, but im going to just rewire everything. so on the harness there is an orange wire that is the dimmer and another orange wire that says illumination, so what goes to what?

[pinoyesv6]

if oyu just match the colors and the stripes you'll be fine. the coloring for the wire harnesses are standard. if you match the colors and the stripes you won't have any problems. some head units don't have features your previous radio might have equipped and your car might not have features that your new radio has and as a result there are extra wires hanging out.