Dim Dash/auxilliary lights... any ideas?

Post Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:33 pm

Sorry if I'm being completely thick.... but any ideas why the lights for me speedo etc have gone dim?

I know over time they get dim cos of resistance in corroded wires etc, but they seem to have gone dim over the past two weeks or so and its bugging me now!

Any advice appreciated

Post Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:40 pm

if it's all the dash lights including the heater controls , it mat be the headlight switch it doubles up as a dimmer for the dash lighting, spin it clockwise and it should go brighter hope it's that.

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:27 pm

doh! I feel a fool now, exactly what it was! cheers for that!

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:48 pm

i did the same years ago on my first e30, it's one of them things if you dont know it's there, you'd knever find it lol.

glad it was a cheap fix anyway.

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:57 pm

also did the same on my IS

nothing to be ashamed off

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:29 pm

Yeap - guity here aswell. I was convinced Id broken something. I even drove around for a week or so with practically no lights in the dash!