Geo Tracker, no dash lights

Bigroby · 03-23-2008, 10:37 AM

Hi. I am new to the group. Just purchased a 1995 Geo Tracker, 2 wheel drive, 5 speed with 132K. Gets roughly 32 mpg but just drove it after dark and no dash lights. No owners manual, no wiring diagram and it looks like the cover over the speeedomoter had been removed to try to fix. Other than this problem, it seems to be a great car.

Any help would be appreciated.

94box · 03-23-2008, 01:32 PM

welcome to the forum!

did you check all the fuses? i only have wiring diagrams for a 94 sidekick, if you need them then send me a private message (PM) on this forum with your e-mail address and i'll send it to you,

94box.

jtgh · 03-23-2008, 02:37 PM

i presume you mean dash running lamps and not the idot lamps dead.

your dash dimmer is bad.
but it could have loose wires to it or all the lamps burned out in the dash, seen it. (mine)

have schematic, just hollar, if need it.

Bigroby · 03-23-2008, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the help. I'll try to check it out this week. Very busy schedule. This is a great forum. Glad to be a member.

jtgh · 03-23-2008, 11:57 PM

back ground illumination lamps in speedohead, 2 lamps either side of speedo cable entry.

it is fed from the dimmer device.
3 pins it has.
pin1 red/yell is battery (via fuse)
pin 2 ground. black
pin 3 is output . red/green

easy test.
pull control dev.
unplug it.
jumper pin 1 to 3 , lamps will glow brightly (park lamps must be on, ok)

if that test fails then the two lamps are bad.
if it passes the control device is bad or the power and groud to it are bad.

all you need is to pull the dimmer ,easy test.

cheers