It is a 1996 Silverado and it happened after I put in a new radio
2007-01-11 04:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
check and make sure you didn't wire your stero with a constant hot wire and make sure it has no connection with your gauge fuse.
2007-01-11 04:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suspect that you have wired the new radio in with a direct path of battery to the dash light circuit that is connected into the radio. Take it apart again and recheck your wiring. If you have replaced the radio with a factory radio, again take the radio out and be sure that there was no accidental shorting of the connections. If that is okay, the radio you just put in is faulty but I doubt this is the case. Check your wiring closely, things get wired wrong a lot of the time because you can't see very well in these areas. Good luck.
2007-01-11 14:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by Deano 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the instrumentation lights were rewired in this process and are bypassing the switch, causing them to get constant electrical current from the battery. This should be corrected because you will be draining your battery and shortening the life of your gauge light bulb. Remove the radio from its wiring harness and trace the wire leads from the instrumentation lights to see where it is bypassing the switch.
2007-01-11 04:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by shlangemann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably just a wire mix up, take the radio out and look back over everything.
2007-01-11 05:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by wheels47012 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋