SubaruScully Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Today I pulled a rookie move and cut the stock wire harness from The radio so I could hard wire an aftermarket sterio. Not reading into it before I hacked it was a bad choice. I wired it in but lost all dash lights so i put the stock radio back in to see of I had dash lights and this didn't solve my issue. I know that there are illination wire that adjust the brightness of the lights. Does anybody know of this problem I have checked all fuses already. Is there anything else it could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruScully Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Thinking it could be the illumination control module/ unit. Can somebody tell me the location of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94lgt Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 When you cut the harness did you cut one wire at a time or all of them at once. I'd check the fuses before anything else. A car as old as yours i doubt it has a control module for anything and if it does it would be only for major components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruScully Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 I cut them one at a time. I now have a working harness that I bought and installed an alpine deck. I still have no dash lights though. I connected a light to see of I was getting current to the illination wires on the wire harness and found that I am getting current. Does anybody now of a way to by pass the two illination wires threw a fuse or a small light? Im not sure what my problem could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzotheracer Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 there is one wire that controls your dash lights. i put in my kenwood back when i first got my wagon. i had an extra wire so i grounded it. no dash lights. then i had it to always hot wire. then they were on all the time, even if the car was off. so the best solution that i found was hooking it up with the acc. so the dash lights will be on all the time but only when the car is running. on the radio harness there should be a illumination wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqc151 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 lol, ur gonna drive yourself nuts trying to fix it. get a new dash with the harness and take the 1hr to swap it out. problem solved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruScully Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Thank you Enzotheracer for giving me the idea to hook on of the wires to a switch and the other one I grounded. Lights works of the switch now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzotheracer Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 glad to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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