No gauge lights, fuses are fine.

[sin2k5]

No gauge lights - no backit of the actual pods, warning lights are fine, signal lights are fine

No thermostat lights - no backlit at the knobs, no backlit of the "man figure" icon, the indicator lights above those icons work though (for example, the light above the windshield icon does light up)

• Headunit (aftermarket) is fine.
• Dome light is fine.
• Door lights are fine (lit when door is left open)
• Cig. lighter is fine.
• Brake lights are fine.
• Reverse lights are fine.
• Headlights are fine.

fuses (hood and kickpanel): small lights, interior lights, meter/backup lights, and all unrelated fuses all seem fine!

I've blown interior light fuses before...but wtf??

I have not done any electrical things or modded anything for months...and all was well before.

bad switch?? a short? ideas?

[kouzie]

must be the bulbs.......
did you check?

[92vig]

All the lights probably took a shit at the same time. Or you have a short in the wiring. Both of my brake lights went out at the same time, which baffled me because I've only had one or the other go out before....but this kind of shit does happen. Your car is 15 years old at the earliest, so they probably just took a dump

[sin2k5]

For anyone running a search in the future with the same symptoms:

it was the dimmer switch.

I went through all the damn fuses (underhood and kick panel) and even started testing/swapping the 'Lighting Relay' and 'Dimmer Relay'.

I hadn't taken apart the console to check the bulbs yet at this point, because I figured 'what are the odds all ALLLLL the bulbs of the cluster AND the climate controls went out at the same time?? It must be a separate issue'

the climate control isn't even a 'normal bulb' to change either...

Then I remembered that the dimmer switch dictates whether your dash lights come on or not (Because one time I took apart my console, left my dimmer switch somewhere in the tool box, got lazy and drove around for a few nights in the dark...). I swapped one in from the junk yard and all FIXED!

This kinda small BS makes me love the car more in the end.