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Last night while driving I noticed that my gauge wasnt lit up and my lights were on. I checked my dimmer, no problem there. It seems the lights went out or something. Could it be a fuse or do I have to go in there and replace whatever bulbs are in there??

I have noticed something similar with my car, the top of the tach seems to be dimmer then the rest of the dash, I am guessing that it is just a burned out light since I seem to remember it being brighter. I would put a new light in but I am not really interested with taking my dash apart and it doesn't bother my that much

IIRC the dash is all on one fuse with the tail lights?

On my 98 SVT i had to get a new headlight switch cuase my dashlights and parking lights wouldn't work. Try that

I just installed a new head unit, i had everything hooked up, started up the car, but no power to the head unit. My interior lights and clock werent working either, I replaced the fuse and everything came back to life. Radio is supposed to be on its own fuse, that one was fine but the one for interior lights was blown. I remember seeing a fuse for the gauges in my 98 SVT. I'd check that before I'd try to replace a light bulb.

I have the same problem as brapple. I took my gauge cluster apart and it appears to be an internal light. Any suggestions?