I just bought my truck a few weeks ago. There were little problems when I bought it, and there have been more little problems come up. Its kind of frustrating but I expected it. Its got 193xxx mi on it, so its whatever. But here are some things I need help with.


Left rear tail light/blinker keeps going out after replacing...
Instrument cluster light went out (now I cant see my gauges at night)
Oil pressue gauge doesnt work.
There is always power to my windows, no matter what.

I have an older edge juice with attitude and also an egt guage on the piller,
and both egt guages read different.
Brake light, ABS light never go out...
And my check engine light which says it from the throttle positioning sensor, which I have already bought, just have not had the time to replace.

Any help on these issues would be great! Thank you

 

sounds like you have all kinds of wiring issues...

check for shorted or jerry rigged together wires.

 

Here is an update, I have fixed some of the issues.

Instrument cluster light still out
The green arrows on the dash dont work when I use blinkers. Could be caused by the above issue though.
Oil pressue gauge doesnt work.
Brake light, ABS light never go out...
I have no Running/Tail lights

I have fixed some of the issues but, it seems everytime I fix one another one pops up. Ugggghhhhh

 

My wipers quit working too. Could any of this be caused by a battery going bad. I believe I have one taking a $h!t...

 

could be causing fuses to pop...or possibly a rodent chewing through wires...dash wires coming unplugged maybe? there are a ton of wiring harnesses hooked to the dash...

I helped a buddy do a heater core in his 2000 dakota and I was amazed at how many wiring harnesses are hooked to the dash...

 

No fuses are bad. Its not just tail lights, its all running lights. Head lights and cab lights all work though

 

I had the dash/running light issue but the fuse would blow. Run a while then gone. Turned out to be a loose flatbed marker light plug. No problem til I rocked around a little and it shorted out on the bed.
10 fuses and a lot of frustration later - B-12ed it and plugged it in.
Good Luck