dash lights issue - not the flashing ones

Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Location: brisbane

My dash lights are blowing a 15A fuse in the engine bay fuse box, which was hard to find as i don't read jap very well.

I have pulled the dash pod out cant see any issues there, next is to pull out centre part of console, heater/air con area.

Any known problems that could cause this - it doesn't happen straight away but happens within a week.

paj jtop 94 model

And i have tried search The Finger

Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Location: Adelaide

Played with trailer wiring recently? Or have you been towing recently?

When the fuse blows do you lose anything other than dash lights?

Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Location: brisbane

No, the paj doesn't have tow bar.

Might check the stalk wiring/ contacts, is there a relay for them?

It just loses the dash pod, centre of the console lighting and switch lights for the hyd. lift and suspension adjustment (behind handbrake)

Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Location: brisbane

Wife just drove off, noticed the parkers aren't working as well.

POCUK site says dash, tail and parkers are all on the same fuse.

Will check exterior lights tomoz.

Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Location: Shellharbour

jop wrote:

Wife just drove off, noticed the parkers aren't working as well.

POCUK site says dash, tail and parkers are all on the same fuse.

Will check exterior lights tomoz.

I had the same prob with one night. Took eternity to find the fuse (checked all under dash and only then went looking under the hood). Would check park and tail lights to see if they are casing the fuse to blow.

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Have you put a new stereo in recently?

Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Location: brisbane

JB hi fi fitted my new stereo about 8 months ago.

Have a new issue now - for the last couple of weeks about once a week the paj wont start, not even a click.

Thought it was the new immobiliser (fitted at the same time as stereo), spent a couple of hours checking battery, starter, fuses found nothing, got battery load tested - excellent.

Car starts when battery reconnected, figure this reset problem with immobiliser. took it down to JB's, they couldn't find anything, got them to bridge out fuel and ignition cut to prove it wasn't the problem.

That was last week, this morning wifey drives kids to school, gets back to car, won't start. cussing

She disconnected the battery, reconected - starts

Thinking i may have a computer problem? Crying or Very sad

Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Location: brisbane

Ok, i found a short in the wiring to the right tail lights - sorted.

Hasn't done the not starting thing since last post and short was fixed two weeks ago.

Yesterday car starts as normal in the morning, that afternoon, nothing, not even a flicker.
Put meter on battery - 13v
turn key to access. - 10v
turn key to on - 8v

Pulled dash, console apart - nothing

New battery is next, this one is less than a year old cussing

( removed stereo and immobiliser )

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

with voltage readings like that, Have you tried new leads? I know when I have been playing around with my battery and put it abck on, sometimes everything works brilliantly, lights etc and voltmeter in dash says 12 v, activate starter and click, voltage dies away to about 8.

Fiddle with terminals and away it goes.

And other times it still won't go. For me it is a dodgy earth lead where it goes into the female terminal where the lead is cast around the lead. I am going to replace it with a better one one day.

Maybe worth a shot?

Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Location: Adelaide

NJ makes a good point. Are you measuring voltage on the battery posts, or the connectors on the ends of the leads? If you're measuring anywhere other than the posts then your problem could simply be a dirty connection.

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Yes, the more I think about it, the more likely it is to be. It was really frustraiting when it did it the 1st time as a jump start still wouldn't fix the problem when I thought I was running low on go go juice.

Then one time I saw a wisp of smoke come from the earth lead and so solved the problem for me then and there.

Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Location: brisbane

Sorry, i should have been more specific - i had an analogue (dial) meter connected directly to the battery, while getting those readings. Confused