I had a similar situation which turned out to be nothing more than the rear seatbelt buckles smacking against the hard plastic sections to the left and right of the rear seating. Just what was the culprit in my situation yours could be something completely different just thought I'd drop this note i...

Turned out to be the 15 Amp tail fuse, however the reasoning for it being blown is stil la mystery as stereo was installed with battery disconnected so no grounding could occur. Anyhoo I'll keep my eye on it and big thanks to all who replied and offered help/Bored

I just had this exact symptom after installing my Sony HU, my culprit was the 15 amp Tail fuse, once replaced all seemed normal again. The fuse box is placed in an interesting although slightly painful to access location, if you get on your back and look upwards towards the left hand side of the das...

Yes all dash lighting and dimming effects work flawlessly, its just those 2 items the shifter lighting and the heater dial lighting. I used a harness but I'll have a look for the orange wires you mentioned.Thks for the reply,Bored

Thks for the warm welcome ive just picked up this 03 with 30K Km on it so I'm sure you;ll see mroe posts from me, ihavent checked the fuses yet do you suppose that those 2 items would be on their own circuit?Again thks for any inputBored

Hi allAs the header says replaced my factory single cd unit with the Sony and I have no heater or shifter lighting although the remainder of my dash lighting is fine, Im not 100% sure if the 2 events are related although it does seem somewhat of a coincidence I have yet to reinstall the factory deck...