Taillight and dash light problems.

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tinyturbo10
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Taillight and dash light problems.

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Hey guys I'm having problems with my dash lights, taillights and blinkers. The dash lights and taillights went out at the same time and the blinkers went out a couple days later. I've checked all my fuses and they look good. The brake lights headlights and reverse lights still work.

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When I was first having the problem the lights would go on and off randomly every couple minutes or so for a couple days and now they won't come on at all. I was thinking it may be a short but I figured there would be a blown fuse if that was the case.

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See if you can get a wiring diagram. sounds like you have an open somewhere, but you want to see where the two circuits connect.
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I've tried to download the diagrams but it won't on my phone and my computer is being fixed at the moment. I'm trying to figure out another way to download them though

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Did you ever get this resolved? Yeah, you'll likely need to try downloading the diagrams on a computer.
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I haven't. I've been really busy with work and only had a little time to check further in to it. Could you send me a link to the diagrams? I got a new illumination control unit and that didn't do anything. I've checked the grounds except for the one under the driver side seat. Still no blown fuses. My blinkers started working randomly again so that's a plus but I still have no tail lights, dash lights and the automatic seatbelts stopped working as well.

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What year and model Legacy do you have?
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1994 ss

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The diagrams you need should be in this zipped pdf.

https://www.main.experiencetherave.com/ ... and_Elect/
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Hi guys. I have same problem like tinyturbo10, but only dash lights went out. firstly they work like they use to. few days later they works only some times and now they doesnt work. i've looked the fuses and their are fine and grounding caples are fine too (hopefully). where can i find some information or ground points locations. only one bulb was broken. can it shut down others too?. i really want to fix my bae :D... and sorry about bad english. and car is Legacy 1,8l boxer 2wd -89
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Welcome to the BBS.

The following factory service manuals (section 6) are probably going to be your best solution to find the ground/wiring information for non-US Legacies.

https://main.experiencetherave.com/suba ... SM_-_FULL/
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Re: Taillight and dash light problems.

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have you guys checked the relays?
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