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03-07-2010, 08:51 PM
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5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Jewtown
Posts: 1,068
Car: E34 M5 Euro
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Cluster lights out, help
Anyone knows a reason why would the cluster lights die, and also all the bulbs that light up the buttons in the car? the fuses are good and bulbs aren't burnt. Could it be a bad fusebox? 
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1990 M5 Euro
You wash your car like it was your firstborn child, you tend to its needs like it was your own body, you protect it like it's your family, then you drive it like you stole it 
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03-07-2010, 09:49 PM
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Lookin like M
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: mississauga/downtown
Posts: 559
Car: vwmk2,Mk3,e36,e39
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no other lights are out.. ur tail lights?
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03-08-2010, 07:02 PM
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5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Jewtown
Posts: 1,068
Car: E34 M5 Euro
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right tail light is out as well, bulb is good. Break lights work tho
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1990 M5 Euro
You wash your car like it was your firstborn child, you tend to its needs like it was your own body, you protect it like it's your family, then you drive it like you stole it
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03-08-2010, 07:51 PM
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: St Catharines
Posts: 794
Car: 325i, 318is
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all the dash lights are out ?
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4cyl autotragic woes...
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03-08-2010, 09:35 PM
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Parts Hoarding Specialist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,325
Car: '91 318i, '91 318is
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Could be the fader in the headlight switch... if it fries, the interior lights go out, other than the glove box light, and maybe one other.
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1986 E30 325e (killed)
1986 E30 325es (died)
1988 E30 325i (rotted)
1992 E34 525i (sold)
1992 E30 318i (cabrio, Dad's)
1989 E30 325i (Mom's)
1991 E30 318i (cabrio, summer car)
1991 E30 318is (Winter car)
1992 Euro M5 (driveway decoration)
1994 E36 325is (driveway junk)
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03-08-2010, 10:10 PM
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Toronto
Posts: 309
Car: '89 325is
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There is a recharable battery that powers the circuit board. It is found behind the dash. Often these batteries seem to leak, and when they do, they short out the boards. This would definitely cause an issue with the lights on your dash (I know, half my dash lights and instruments weren't working, then I replaced the circuit board and everything worked right away). The explanation above seems a little more likely, but if that doesn't work, at least you have another option...good luck!
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03-09-2010, 02:27 PM
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Posts: 621
Car: BMW 2002
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I had the same problem a few months ago. It turned out that the headlight pull-switch was the problem. The cluster and dash lights would only come on if I yanked up (hard) on the switch while pulling it. Popped in a new switch and solved the problem.
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Some old BMWs
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03-10-2010, 12:49 AM
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1st Gear Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Meadowvale
Posts: 20
Car: 86 325E
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check your fuse box homie, 7.5A. I had the same issue. I had water leaking from a taillight shorting out my parking light(front and back) and the interior light+cluster.
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03-13-2010, 10:09 AM
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5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Jewtown
Posts: 1,068
Car: E34 M5 Euro
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thanks for the replies, alot of useful info here. The rear right tail light is out, as well as front right parking light too. I'm gonna start checking all these shits.
P.s. Brent is it hard to get to that battery behind the dash?
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1990 M5 Euro
You wash your car like it was your firstborn child, you tend to its needs like it was your own body, you protect it like it's your family, then you drive it like you stole it
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