[DIY] Got a honda with cluster light iffy ? LOOK IN HERE !

[bennjamin]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Does your cluster light work sometimes...then not at all ? Flickers ? Dimmer switch might be fecked ? Its common for older hondas...its a faulty dimmer switch. Go to honda and pay $100 + OR do this DIY and pay $3.

Look in here. Takes 10 minutes of ur time :)


Aim: To DIY fix the common cluster-light issue found with older civics etc.


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Required: Flat head screwdriver , scissors , pliers , some type of wire connector ( small screw clamp or solder etc) . . . abit of patience !


Steps:



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1. POP the dimmer switch located on your dash ( on the right had side on a EG civic for example) with a flat head screwdriver. Shimmy it out...be abit careful :)


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2. Pull out slowly , note the connector and 3 wires connected at the back.


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3. Un plug the connector...take care not to rip out etc.


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4. NOTE the 3 wires and colour code. There is 3 wires , RED , BLACK and RED with a BLACK stripe.
CUT the RED AND BLACK ONLY. Leave the red/black alone.


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5. SPLICE/CONNECT/JOIN the BLACK and RED wires together....i chose a small screw-clamp connector from Jaycar.


6. PLACE the joined wires back into the "dimmer" hole along with the disconnected RED/BLACK wire. DO NOT reconnect the plug.
Push the dimmer control back into the hole and feel that healthy "click" and you are DONE !



Other comments

Now , the dimmer will be on 100% constant...atleast it works !!!


bren

[CRXer]

What a timely article:thumbsup:

Its dash light day.

[tseesinngwailo]

Awesome quick fix, Cheers

[ZeForce]

Good stuff :thumbsup: Im definitely gonna give this a try, hope it works.

[ECU-MAN]

thats tight

good stuff

[AsH_]

does this keep the cluster light on constantly ???

[Drew]

No it keeps the cluster light up on full when the lights are on, so you can't turn down the brightness

But really who turns it down anyway

[AsH_]

i have a EG4... how do i even alter the the brightness???

i thought u cant...

wen i turn my headlights on not all of my cluster lights up...

on my speedo... no lights after about 100km/hr...
so i dont kno how fast im going sometimes...

also my fuel needle doesnt light up... not good if im low...

is it just loose wiring, perhaps????

[ToFuBoi]

some cars dont have the adjuster thing at all and the bulbs in the clusters are just old/dirty/not working... search the forum for replacing the bulbs and it should do the trick.. all you need is a phillips and you can take your cluster out to check out the bulbs

[Fo55il]

i did this. dint help me >.<

my lights r still dim >.<

could it be that the eg6 clusters doesnt have the dimmer option?

[mocchi]

i did this. dint help me >.<

my lights r still dim >.<

could it be that the eg6 clusters doesnt have the dimmer option?

eg6 cluster light are dim. mine is dim.
did you change to new bulbs faisal?
your original bulbs might have blue wrapper on them.

[Fo55il]

ye bro, changed all....

so dull,

might have to diy to get it brighter :/

[mocchi]

ye bro, changed all....

so dull,

might have to diy to get it brighter :/

i was planning to get 360 degree leds, too expensive hahah $7 a bulb.
theres like 5 main bulbs to replace.
let me know if you figure out something please boss. :p

[Fo55il]

haha, mmm i was thinkin to put my own globes in em and just rewire em to the light switch? wat u think?

never heard of these leds. i might look into em

[connorling]

picture doesnt work.

[davoh]

hi guys...i changedd my bulbs and they are still dim....i removed my cluster and i cant seem to fim the dimmer connector with the 3 wires showed....

there is however a blue connector with about 9 or 10 wires ....its got 3 red/black wires ,a few other i cant seem to remember wat colour....

can any1 tell me wat this connector is?

its really hard 2 look at cluster with it being so dim....

thanks

[KillerTofu]

Sorry to bring up an old thread , but does anything get put back into the switch plug ? If not, do all the wires just hang behind the switch board ??

[jeremydawg]

^^^ yup, they just hang ten lawl. if your skeptical just get some electrical tape and cover the open wires, youll be aight!

[KillerTofu]

omg, so much better.. i can actually see what's going on.

thanks so much!