Lights on the dash and gauges inop, help!
#1
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Lights on the dash and gauges inop, help!
I just wrapped up doing an evaporator swap this morning. I started the truck to ill/ burp the cooling system and there are several lights on the dash lit up:
Cruise
KDSS (not a kdss GX)
blinking battery light
oil light comes on when the door opens (weird)
Low fuel light
no gauges work, (The engine temp, gas gauge and tach don't work. I didn't drive it so I couldn't test the speedo.
I checked the connectors on the back of the gauge cluster and they are tight.
In the assembly process, I came across 2 connectors that I could not find a mate to:
1) above the ignition lock, behind the dash. It's right next to the pink-wrapped main power harness coming off the ignition. Its a white connector, only about 3" long. It has 5 wires in it:
Black
Yellow
White/ Black tracer
Green
Green/ Yellow tracer
The green and green/yellow are smaller gauge wires, like many of the signal wires in the harnesses. The Black, Black/ Yellow and White/Black are a heavier gauge wire.
2) Under the center console, a white connector, to the left of the yaw sensor box. There is another larger plug directly below it that it is attached to. They both share a mounting point and clip to the center console.
Any ideas?
Thanks a ton!
Cruise
KDSS (not a kdss GX)
blinking battery light
oil light comes on when the door opens (weird)
Low fuel light
no gauges work, (The engine temp, gas gauge and tach don't work. I didn't drive it so I couldn't test the speedo.
I checked the connectors on the back of the gauge cluster and they are tight.
In the assembly process, I came across 2 connectors that I could not find a mate to:
1) above the ignition lock, behind the dash. It's right next to the pink-wrapped main power harness coming off the ignition. Its a white connector, only about 3" long. It has 5 wires in it:
Black
Yellow
White/ Black tracer
Green
Green/ Yellow tracer
The green and green/yellow are smaller gauge wires, like many of the signal wires in the harnesses. The Black, Black/ Yellow and White/Black are a heavier gauge wire.
2) Under the center console, a white connector, to the left of the yaw sensor box. There is another larger plug directly below it that it is attached to. They both share a mounting point and clip to the center console.
Any ideas?
Thanks a ton!
#3
Driver School Candidate
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I looked for a 3rd time and can find nothing that would plug into these 2 connectors. Could it be a loose ground somewhere or could the computers be out of whack by having the battery disconnected for several days and they need codes cleared?
#4
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I'm not sure, but the one with the larger wires could be a prewire for a trailer brake controller. They often have a couple of larger wires to handle the current to the electric brakes on the trailer.
Chip H.
Chip H.
#5
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Oh, I see. I wonder if I put a test light on those terminals and hit the brake pedal, if the light would come on....?
I'm wondering if the one under the console could be for the rear-seat entertainment system that was optional. Mine doesn't have that option, though.
I'm wondering if the one under the console could be for the rear-seat entertainment system that was optional. Mine doesn't have that option, though.
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