# Dash lights

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights/39595>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** pontiac, sunfire\
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights/39595 "2009-11-16T20:31:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KevinPaul9324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@KevinPaul9324](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KevinPaul9324)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights/39595/1 "2009-11-16T20:31:06Z")

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Someone stole the radio from my son’s 1998 Pontiac Sunfire, now the dash lights don’t work. Does it need to have a radio connected, or did the thief break another wire causing the dashboard light problem?

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights/39595/2 "2009-11-17T15:39:17Z")

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Have you checked the fuses to see if there are any blown out?

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dash-lights/39595/3 "2009-11-17T15:43:04Z")

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Radios are just ripped out when stolen and that can cause wiring problems. Most radios have a wire to connect the dash lights to the radio for night illumination. Perhaps this wire has shorted out and blown the fuse. This should be easy for a car electronics shop to figure out and repair.