OK so I went back and did a more in depth look my shifter does not have lights my whole dashboard is dark other than the check engine light (which is on because of the clock spring in the steering wheel?) The key ring also does not light up and there's a warning that pops up saying there's a charging problem so the battery light is on too I went today and bought a new fuse for slot 33 which is the back lighting which controls all those I think and it did nothing....so now I'm thinking it's a wiring problem please help
Could you take a picture?
Is the odometer display working?
Is this a V8 (message center) or a V6 (no message center)? If V8, is the message center working?
Your check engine light is not on because of a clockspring problem. Why do you say that it is?
Any other warning lights on? Strange things happen when you have alternator and/or battery problems. (If you have one of the two, eventually, you will have both.)
The key ring on the LS does not light up (ever). Why should it? The cabin lights stay on long enough for you to get the key in. It should also be noted that the cluster backlighting only comes on when the headlights are on, and you will only be able to notice it at night.
What year is this LS?
Fuse 33 in the cabin fuse box (there are two others) is for the switch backlighting, such as the window and lock switches on the doors, the message center buttons, and so on.
The cluster reads the headlight switch, the backlight dimmer wheel, and the light level sensor. The cluster controls its own backlighting using those inputs. The cluster also sends commands to the FEM, REM, radio, and so on the control backlighting on the window and lock switches, other switches, the radio, and so on. The FEM drives most of the backlighting other than the cluster, radio, ...
