Problem with parking lights & dash lights

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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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I have a problem with my parking lights, when I turn them on, they don’t turn on at all, and neither do my dash lights, or my climate controle lights all of them are off.
When I turn the headlights on, the headlights turn on, but the parking lights stay off, and still my dash still does not light up; what’s more confusing is that when I turn on my blinker the side that blinks works, the other stays off.
Please help ASAP because I cannot see my speed or any of my gauges at night.
Oh and when I lock or unlock the car, none of the lights flash.
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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Did you check all the fuses??
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Old Dec 24, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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Check your fuse under the hood... the SMALL LIGHTS fuse must be blown
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Old Dec 24, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Thank you for the help totaledTL and BuDDaHz TL, but where is this fuse box exactly?
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Old Dec 24, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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sorry, I read it too fast...I missed the under the hood part, and that was the problem. Acura is amazing becuase there were some spare fuses, so I didn't have to run to the store to get some fuses.
That was an easy fix, thank ya'll
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Old Dec 24, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Not sure about a '99 but there are several fuse locations on '02 model. Get familiar with them in advance of trouble. Check the easy things first. Glad you got it working.
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Old Dec 24, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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most cars now carry spare fuses. theirs a fuse box under the hood, on the pass and drivers side. when u open the door, their is a fuse box cover by the hinge, and on the back of the cover is shows what fuse controls what.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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after i replaced my fuse the first time i've had to replace it 2 more times because the fuse keeps blowing...but i figured out what causes it to blow, everytime i put the parking brake on; the fuse blows out.

so now i stopped using my parking brake, but last night when i was parking my leg stepped on the parking brakem and there was a flash inside the car by the peddle, as if someone took a pic with a strong flash...luckily i didn't get shocked. but i'm wondering is this a big problem that i need to worry about?
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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you most likily have a short, dont replace the fuse with bigger one. keep the same fuse size or you might have a small electrical fire in you car. and get that checked out fast.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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thank you Rajca, but i've only replaced the fuse with the same size (15)
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 03:15 PM
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small lights fuse is 7.5 fuse if im not mistaken. Im having the saME problem iwth mine, the shop is saying a wiring harness needs to be replaced because of something causing the fuse to blow. i think it was a ground problem with me.
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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dash and parking lights fixed

Thanks to this forum I found the fuse - even though my meter said it was good, I pulled it and visually inspected it. BLOWN!

all fixed now!

thanks AcuraZine!
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mremer
Thanks to this forum I found the fuse - even though my meter said it was good, I pulled it and visually inspected it. BLOWN!

all fixed now!

thanks AcuraZine!
That meter must have an open fuse internally!
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