Camry internal instrument, air condiitoner, gauge lights wont work?

Question

Hi,
I have a 1990 toyota camry(US) and my car just got broken into and they stole the deck, and now my internal dashing lights don't work along with the other internal panel lights (ex. for heat, rear defrost,etc.). I had a new deck installed and still none of the internal lights work. However, the dome light and parking lights, along with tail lights work. I checked the fuses under the steering wheel and under the hood. I even changed the dimmer switch to see if that would work. I checked the wiring to see if the theives cut the wires; however, they are still all intact. Please help me and tell me if you know what is wrong. Once again, the internal lights do not work (dash, defroster, park, drive, etc.) however, every other light works (parking, tail, inside dome light, brakes, headlights). Please tell me if there is something that I am not seeing, also the radio works great, and the dash light/illumination wire is connected.

Thanks

Answer 1

You'll probably have to take the dash off and get a good look at the wiring. The idiots probably reached up and cut wires at random to get the deck out, and might have pulled a connector loose somewhere.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

When the stole the deck, they probably left the dimmer wire exposed. This would have caused it to short to ground, blowing the fuse. Cap off all your wires until you get a new deck, and replace the fuse. Simple fix.

Answer 4

i own a repair shop,and it sounds like one of the wires is in the wrong place,,this will knock the light out like that i seen it happen a few times,,you need to go back over everything to find it,,electrical problems are hard to locate,,that's 90% of repairing electrical work,and the other 10% usually takes less than 5 minutes to fix,,all i can tell you with out seeing what all has been done to it,,is check everything out real good ,I'm sure you,ll find it,,you might want to get a good repair manual on this one i suggest a good haynes repair manual on this one it has all the wiring diagrams in it,,it will help you a lot ,,good luck hope this help,s,happy new years also.