My gauge lights have quit, radio and compas light up and HUD works but gauge lights don't. I can't find a fuse in the owners manual that points to these lights. I have a 1995 SSEI and would appreciate any help.

Bob :(

Sorry I don't have the answer Bob.. but if you PM Tamara.. she maybe able to send you via Email a PDF file for the wiring schemetic. She has a 95 Bonneville Manual on CD ( I should know as I bought it for her.. see what a nice guy I am..hahaha.. just so I can use it and work on her 95 car.. lmao.. DO'H.. that wasn't suppose to happen ). As for fuses.. the easiest way to test them is to get a multimeter and set it to continuaty (sp?) and test each of the lil metal tab protruding out at the end of each fuse ( with each prong of the meter) .. if it beeps.. the fuse is fine.. if it doesn't.. than it'* blown.. in which case pull it out and you should clearly be able to see a break in the fuse link.

How long have they been out?

have you tried to turn the **** where your headlights are. if it is turned a little bit then it cuts off the dash light and just leaves the heads up and the HVAC and radio going only. Just figured it would help!!

Yes I have tried the dimmer and nothing, the steering wheel control lights are also out. This happened last week in heavy rain.

check ur wiring and the bulbs its all backlit and may be getting light from the same bulb

I still have not found the problem ith my gauge lights, any suggestions?

Bob

On the 1994, I would check Fuses 6C and 4A. Don't know if the 95 is the same.

Pardon a dumb question, but have you checked to make sure your exterior lights (i.e. taillights, etc.; all _except_ the headlamps) are still working? Not sure about the Bonneville, but on other GM cars I've owned, the dash backlighting is a separately-fused branch off the exterior lighting circuit, so that if you manage to blow your outside lights, your dashboard will go dark as well, to alert you that you've got a problem.

Your headlamps are not involved; those are on separate circuits protected by circuit breakers. But all the other external lights (those on brown wires) are on the same primary circuit as the dash backlighting.

Yes I still have tail lights only the gauge lights are out. I pulled all fuses and checked each one until I found the blown fuse. I replaced it and it has blown again I now must search for a wiring problem. Just one question a could a blown bulb be shorting out and blowing the fuse?

Bob :(