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Hello all.

I just put a new head unit in the wagon the other day.

I thought it had all gone well but that night I turned my headlights on the dash lights and the ones on the gear selector didnt come on.

What the deuce?

I thought I may have pulled a plug accidentally but I couldnt find any that werent already in.

Then I thought must be a fuse. But I checked all the ones behind the coin holder but couldnt find a blown one. Which fuse feeds the dash lights? I couldnt read the descriptions on the coin holder as its all in Japanese.

Has anyone else came acros this problem.

Any help or advice would be great. Thanks guys.

Zane.

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I have an update.

I found the fuse under the bonnet that was blown.

The tail light fuse. Replaced it and they keep blowing.

I unplugged the stereo and it still blew.

I cant understand how changing my headunit can cause the tail light fuse to keep blowing.

Anyone have any ideas?

I hate things like this.

Thanks guys.

Zane.

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AlexCim

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Did you connect illumiation and ACC correctly? There is no reason why it should blow unless you are shorting something out.

Maybe you crushed a wire by accident. Remove the head unit, totally and see if it still does it.

I am not sure, but could it be a relay causing this, maybe one thats stuck open or something?

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Yeah it'll be a power wire, the blue, red or yellow one are on wrong. it happened in my old FJ75 Landcruiser too. it gets confusing about which one is permanent and which is acc if all the wires are odd colours. use a multimeter to find out which one stays on and which changes with ignition position

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Its fixed.

It was the old "just because theres 12V between this wire and your battery wire doesnt mean its a ground wire" trick.

I screwed my ground wires coming from my stereo to the chassis and it fixed it.

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