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Old 07-26-2010, 12:11 PM
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whats up guys. i drive a 2001 accord ex v6. yesterday i turned my car on and my speedometer light was dimming. half seemed pretty light up and the other half was extremely dim. i tried playin with the dimmer **** and it wasnt the issue. im going to auto zone today or tomorrow but do u guys think it could be a bad alternator or just a bad fuse or something?
 
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Old 07-26-2010, 05:14 PM
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Old 07-27-2010, 07:10 AM
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Does the lights randomly dim and come back or are they just dim all the time? Try turning your car off, but turn the key to turn the lights on, does the lights look normal?

Also do you have a multimeter? If so, have the car running and set the meter to 12v (or close to it) what does it read?
 

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