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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 01:14 PM
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Hey guys, I just crashed my car a couple days ago; I swerved away from a car and went up on a curb. The radiator support, radiator and bumper are gone. The thing is, none of my gauges work and my clock also doesnt turn on. The interior lights and all the switches still work. What would cause all that to go bad once I crahsed, I was looking at the fuse diagram, but there isnt one that would control all that.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 01:35 PM
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maybe you ad a loose connection to begin with and the impact pulled the connectors apart. i woulds say try removing your cluster and your clock to see if they could have poosibly come undone, then go from there. trace the wires all over. if u have a manual that shows u the diagram that would probably be a big help
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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But is there any wires or sensors in the front that might have gotten torn or damaged when i crashed (where the bumper is at)
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 03:00 PM
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there are wires for the horn, fan, city lights, head lights and i think that is it.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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I'd check your fuses first. Maybe one of them loosened up. I know when my gauges went out that's all mine were and a simple fix.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 07:16 PM
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it might be worth taking your gauge cluster out to verify the signal or ground connections there,

I know on my 96 civic some of the electrical connections are via the screws holding spedometer / other gauges into the cluster (which I was baffled by from an engineering / WTF perspective) so it's probably worth the time to take the cluster out and secure it back in place.,

i believe there's also a sweet fully picture-ed how to recently posted in the DIY forum so if you're at all unsure that makes it clear.
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