On Thursday night while driving home from playing volleyball in Ventnor my dash lights were out. So I couldn’t really read my speedomoter, which was a pain. I got pulled over a block from the Longport bridge with the assumption that I must’ve been speeding slightly since I couldn’t read the black speedometer.
The officer asked why I was driving with my lights off. I informed him that my dash lights were out, but I wasn’t aware that my taillights were out as well and began to suspect that a fuse must’ve blown or there’s a short somewhere in the electrical system. Luckily he didn’t write me a ticket (thank you) and I drove home with the flashers on.
So Friday morning I awoke with a mission to attempt to fix my lights so I wouldn’t have to pay a mechanic to fix them. First I started with checking the fuses. Couldn’t find a fuse labeled for the dash, but the taillight fuse was blown. And upon replacing that fuse, the dash lights came back, so I guess they’re connected. I also replaced both headlights, as one of them was dead as well.
Result of my mission to repair my lights.
- Cost of Fuses: $3.62
- Cost of Headlight bulbs: $ 6.99 x2 = $15
- Hours spent: 2