Hello,

I,m new to USMB and am thoroughly impressed with the whole thing. I own a 94 Legacy Wagon, awd pushing 190k miles. I'm having trouble with shoulder belts not sliding like they should. They won't move at all. The fuel gage quit at around 180k and I had the instrument cluster loose trying to figgure it out when the lighting on gages went south too. Clock works untill headlights are on then it goes dead. Fuses under the dash seem good. Radio lights are gone. Anyone got a clue? I found some little chachkey lights that plug into the cig lighter to illuminate stuff but i'm getting tired of 'em. Thanks much.

I dont know if this year has one, but by any chance while you were fiddling did you smell a little smoke?

 

Its possible, if you have one, that you burned out the illumiination controler.

 

Fuel gauge, check it at the tank, i bet its dead. Very rare the gauge itself goes bad, if never.

 

nipper

Welcome to the board RU OK. Lots of good help available here.

 

The fuel gauge problem is pretty common and is usually due to dirty contacts on the sensor(s), there may be two, in the tank. It could be a broken wire so the sensor also.

 

If the fuses are ok for the dash lighting then you have a problem with the dimmer control. You may just have to replace the seatbelt retractor due to age.

I dont know if this year has one, but by any chance while you were fiddling did you smell a little smoke?

 

Its possible, if you have one, that you burned out the illumiination controler.

 

Fuel gauge, check it at the tank, i bet its dead. Very rare the gauge itself goes bad, if never.

 

nipper

Thanks for the info. Hayne's says I do have the controller. Gonna look for it and explore the sending units for fuel gage too. Don't remember any smoke signals. I didn't inhale. Really!

Welcome to the board RU OK. Lots of good help available here.

 

The fuel gauge problem is pretty common and is usually due to dirty contacts on the sensor(s), there may be two, in the tank. It could be a broken wire so the sensor also.

 

If the fuses are ok for the dash lighting then you have a problem with the dimmer control. You may just have to replace the seatbelt retractor due to age.

Thanks Cougar. I'm gonna do some exploring. Got some good leads on parts sources from this site too.

Don't remember any smoke signals. I didn't inhale. Really!

I like this guy already

 

Trust what these guys tell ya, most of them know thier stuff.