Home Forum Gallery Wiki CruiserFAQ Tech Links Product Reviews Store
IH8MUD.com
Go Back   IH8MUD.com > tech.ih8mud.com > Trucks > GM/Chevrolet/Hummer




Reply
 
LinkBack (1) Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-22-09, 01:54 PM   1 links from elsewhere to this Post. Click to view. #1 (permalink)
250+ Club

 
fowldarr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SE Idaho
Posts: 825
Tail lights and dash lights not working

I have a 1994 GMC Yukon and the tail lights and the dashlights quit working. I have replaced the fuse, even though it looked good, and tried a new head light switch, that did not fix the problem. Where do i go next?


__________________
Damn the man, save the Empire! 84 FJ-60, nothing special....yet.
fowldarr is offline   Reply With Quote



Old 04-23-09, 06:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
250+ Club

 
brew8's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
TLCA# 7165
Posts: 876
If their on the same fuse and it held, you may have a bad ground somewhere or an open circuit, too much plastic on newer trucks, try finding the ground wire at the tail lights and make sure it goes to ground, do the brake lights work and the signals? If they do then yiou need a wiring diagram and follow it back to the source with a voltage probe, Larry

__________________
Larry Brewster, TLCA 7165, Billings, MT

Cares may come and cares may go but I have ceased to worry.

My ROTW http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series...otw-brew8.html
brew8 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-09, 10:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
250+ Club

 
fowldarr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SE Idaho
Posts: 825
Brake lights, turn signals, hazards and headlights all work. That was kind of my plan, break out the voltage meter and start following the wires. This is not going to be fun.

__________________
Damn the man, save the Empire! 84 FJ-60, nothing special....yet.
fowldarr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-09, 04:44 PM   #4 (permalink)
250+ Club

 
brew8's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
TLCA# 7165
Posts: 876
It never is especially on newer cars, good luck

__________________
Larry Brewster, TLCA 7165, Billings, MT

Cares may come and cares may go but I have ceased to worry.

My ROTW http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series...otw-brew8.html
brew8 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-25-09, 01:00 AM
petty
This message has been deleted by Poser. Reason: spamtard
Old 07-26-09, 08:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
250+ Club

 
Bogo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: On the farm
Posts: 671
Test the fuse socket.

Also look for disconnected and loose wires. I don't know what it is with them, but they can't seam to get grounds to hold.

Edit: They also often overload ground wires and they develop intermittent joints where crimped.

__________________
Sanity is for WIMPs.

Last edited by Bogo; 07-26-09 at 08:43 PM.
Bogo is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: http://forum.ih8mud.com/gm-chevrolet-hummer/280163-tail-lights-dash-lights-not-working.html
Posted By For Type Date
1994 Gmc Brake Light Problem on Kosmix This thread Refback 06-01-09 08:24 PM







All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:55 PM.


vBulletin® v3.8.4 ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.1
Clubs, Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.
©2000-2009 by IH8MUD Inc. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Thanks to all those who have contributed!
One of the largest message boards on the web !