Electrical Glitch -- But All Fuses Okay.... ?...

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VibininFla
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Electrical Glitch -- But All Fuses Okay.... ?...

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Electrical glitch...Can't figure this one... maybe someone else has seen it and knows what it is.2008 Vibe, 34K miles. Got into sunday evening, started (and ran) fine, I have headlights, high beams, fog lights, all 4 turn signals, Hazard flashers, wipers, (front and rear), back up lights, brake lights ,interior dome lights horn, radio/CD player, power windows and sunroof....these all okay. DON'T have : front parking (courtesy) lights (the amber ones), rear tail lights, license plate lights, and the interior behind-console lights which glow red behind the center-console (behind climate controls, trans shift selector console, and behind the radio/CD feature buttons) and that little wheel-switch which sits just next to the outside mirror remote adjustment control which allows you to adjust the (white) lighting level of instruments and that red glow behind console that I mentioned isn't working either.Car (engine) otherwise runs and shifts fine. Every fuse in my interior fuse block I pulled out and looked at are all okay, as well as every fuse under the hood.... Repeat, EVERY fuse was pulled and all are okay, cabin and under hood. My 08 Vibe book and the fuse-block covers agree on what fuse is for what (and agree on amperage levels also). The book and fuseblock cover of the interior cabin box leads one to suspect the 15 amp "Tail" fuse here... if not that, than the 10 amp "Gauge" or 15 amp "Cig" fuse... but again, EVERY FUSE was checked and all are okay. I was by the Toyota dealership yesterday and had service guy look at it and he couln't figure it either .(this was bought used, from a GM dealer, I have bumper-to-bumper coverage from GM if I need work, but I was near a Toyota dealer and wanted their guys who get dirty working on Matrix's to look at this). I did NOT pull and test any of the relays... I have no way to test them other than buy all new replacements for each and swap them out one-by-one....Under the dash there are no connectors lying around unconnected...Logical to suspect the "TAIL" fuse... or "Cig" or "Gauge"... but these are all fine. Has anyone seen that dimming-wheel-switch go bad yet?,... this one is not operating... (but I don't understand how/why that would also affect the parking and tail and lisence-plate lights)...? Anyone recognize this?...thanks, mike
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