no check engine light

[supramike7m]

hey whats up guys. well ive got a problem, i cant see my light. i tried to check for codes today and nothing happend, i tried changing the bulb but it didnt work. what else should i check? thanks guys

Mike

 

[pimptrizkit]

oh there's a way to check if the light will work to begin with.. shrug.. i cant remember right no, but it has to do with groundin a wire in the diag box iirc.. .

 

[chriso]

Does the light come on when you turn the key to ACC (don't turn the car on though)?

 

[supramike7m]

Does the light come on when you turn the key to ACC (don't turn the car on though)?

nope

 

[chriso]

I would pull the combo meter and clean all the plug contacts on the plastic sheet. I had an issue once where mine had some corrosion on them. Also put in a known good bulb and check the voltage to the bulb.

 

[shaeff]

first thing to check should be the 7.5A IGN fuse in the driver's side kick panel.

if it's blown, start looking for shorted out wires.

-shaeff

 

[Idealsupra]

first thing to check should be the 7.5A IGN fuse in the driver's side kick panel.

if it's blown, start looking for shorted out wires.

-shaeff

personally the first thing iwould check if theres no check engine light is the 15amp EFI fuse....

 

[Jeff Lange]

You both suck . It's the 7.5A GAUGE fuse. If the EFI fuse was bad, the ECU would have no power. That being said, if the rest of the lights work, then it can't be the GAUGE fuse.

Did you check the old bulb? It's unlikely, but the new bulb could have been burnt out before you put it in. Check the bulb, and check for +12V to the connector for the gauge cluster (follow the leads on the flexible PCB).

 

[Idealsupra]

eh yeah....i just assumed (which i shouldnt have) that the car wasnt running so he was checking for problems by pulling codes.... eh

 

[supramike7m]

hmm nope, i checked all of the fuses first thing, and they are fine, then i took off the guage bezel, and took the old bulb out and put another in. so i dont know. chriso, sorry but what is the combo meter?

 

[chriso]

Combo meter is your whole gauge cluster (at least that's what the TSRM calls it). I had to clean up all my connections on the plastic sheet on the back where the five or six plugs make contact with the copper tracks.

 

[supramike7m]

oh ok. lol. i guess i will try it in the morning. thanks alot bro

 

[shaeff]

when my 7.5A IGN fuse blew, the dash still lit up, but the CEL did not...

at least that's how i remember it. i'm going to pull it out tomorrow and see if i remember that right.

-shaeff