HELP! THE GAUGES GO DEAD WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON!

EXECMALIBU · Apr 7, 2002

I JUST GOT MY 2001 RT-10 TODAY! THE CAR LOOKS GREAT!

THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON THE GAUGES AND TURN SIGNALS GO DEAD!

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND THE GAUGES AND TURN SIGNALS WORK FINE!

ANY IDEAS?

I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR AT THE DEALER THE DAY AFTER I GOT IT..

PLEASE EMAIL TO [email protected] LEAVE POST ON THIS SITE..

ALSO IS A TEAR IN THE EDGE OF THE SOFT TOP COVERED UNDER WARRANTY?

THANS FOR ANY HELP..

John Stuttle · Apr 8, 2002

I had this same problem with my '01 GTS. It was a ground wire loose on the A pillar connection - john

EXECMALIBU · Apr 8, 2002

WHERE IS THE A PILLAR? DOES THE ENTIRE DASH NEED TO COME APART?

John Stuttle · Apr 8, 2002

It is down at your left foot when you sit in the car. Reach under there and start jiggling wires while your lights are on you should find it. You do not have to take the dash apart but it would help if you are double jointed - john

Motor City Mad Man · Apr 8, 2002

Are you sure your dashboard light dimmer is not set too low? If the dimmer is set kind of low, when the headlights are turned on and pull all that current to run, the dash board lights may not be as bright or may appear to go out completely. Turn the dimmer all the way up and see what happens when you turn the headlights on. I think this happened to me last year and I freaked out at first until I turned the dimmer up.

EXECMALIBU · Apr 9, 2002

THANKS GUYS! YOU WERE RIGHT!!! THE GROUND UNDER THE DASH ON THE DRIVERS "A" PILLAR WAS LOOSE!

I HAD TO REMOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE DASH TO FIND THE PROBLEM.. THE GROUND CONNECTION WAS MOVING AROUND UNDER THE NUT! THE NUT FELT LIKE IT WAS TIGHT BUT NEEDED ANOTHER FULL TURN!..

NOW I CAN DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT AND HAVE THE TACH AND SPEEDO WORKING!

SHIFTING WHEN I HIT THE REV LIMITER WAS FUN BUT A LITTLE SCARY AT NIGHT ON TIGHT CANYON ROADS IN THE RAIN..

Bad_Byte · Apr 9, 2002

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by EXECMALIBU:
SHIFTING WHEN I HIT THE REV LIMITER WAS FUN BUT A LITTLE SCARY AT NIGHT ON TIGHT CANYON ROADS IN THE RAIN..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dude - you remind me of Kelsy Grammar (sp?)

Craig 201 MPH · Apr 9, 2002

yer gonna poke yer eye out.

rev limiter+wet roads=dead viper/you (maybe)

EXECMALIBU · Apr 9, 2002

I RECENTLY SOLD MY ORIGINAL 1966 427 COBRA.. I DROVE AND RACED IT FOR OVER 15 YEARS...(500 HP+ 500 LBS TORQUE IN A 2250 LB CAR!) ON VINTAGE RUBBER!

A 427 COBRA IS ABOUT AS RADICAL AS IT GETS.. SHORT OF A FULL RACE CAR...

I LOVE THE VIPER! BUT AFTER THE COBRA IT'S PRETTY MELLOW...

H8TOW8 · Apr 10, 2002

Hey Exec,

Congrats on your new Viper ... sounds very nice. Have fun! You gonna stripe it?

EXECMALIBU · Apr 10, 2002

I RECEIVED THE CAR ON MONDAY AND DECIEDED TO WAIT ON THE STRIPES FOR A WHILE!.....

OK!......... A WHILE IS OVER!

TOMORROW THE STRIPE GUY WILL BE HERE!!

I AM GOING WITH SILVER VINYL STRIPES ON THE SHAPIRE BLUE..

I TRIED TO PUT THEM ON MYSELF...
BIG MISTAKE!
BIG HASSLE!
BIG MESS!

IT TAKES SOMEONE WITH EXTREME PATIENCE...

THAT IS DEFINATELY NOT ME!

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