Hardwired RD -- Messed up things on my Dash

[upsnake]

Ok, so I hardwired my RD in my car a 2006 Ford Focus the other day. I was planning on going right into the fuse panel being that the RD had an inline fuse. Much to my suprise the fuse panel didn't have any available live slots. So i went out and bought a "add a circuit" , and I tapped into my radio. My RD. is working fine it comes on when the car is turned on and off when the car is off.

The problem is that my AC, Recirc and Defrost buttons on my dash don't light up when pressed, and they don't appear to be turning on their appropriate devices. I have checked the fuses
Fuse #
35 - A/C Switch / Instrument Cluster
40 - Rear Defroster
45 - Recirc
57 - Radio Cluster (Where i added the add a circuit)

They were all ok, i tried taking out the add a circuit and putting the normal fuse back in but nothing from these buttons still. Anybody have any ideas of what I may have done to my car

Thanks

[Arashi666]

well if they still didnt work afterwards its definately not the RD tap's fault......... id jump to maybe you hit of did something bad in the process of running the wire.......... or that Ford didnt do a great job on putting together your car......... either way really

[cooltc2004]

or that Ford didnt do a great job on putting together your car......... either way really

Oh give me a break :roll:

Check to see if you have a short somewhere (trace the wire). Are the buttons lit from a bulb? Maybe your shorted them and blew the bulb?

[jerry540i]

Sometimes the problems don't have anything to do with each other, the appearance of one problem is merely coincidental. You can't help but think--I installed the detector, now the lights don't work--it must be the detector's fault....

If the switches aren't lighting up, no power is getting to them. If you feel up to it, trace the wires back to see if you're getting power. or see if you can find the short.

Hope this helps, cause electrical problems can be a pain in the a$$.

J/

[Arashi666]

or that Ford didnt do a great job on putting together your car......... either way really

Oh give me a break :roll:

Check to see if you have a short somewhere (trace the wire). Are the buttons lit from a bulb? Maybe your shorted them and blew the bulb?

well it was just a little joke, if you cant take a little bit of it, then really now....... domestic drivers really love to get defensive :roll:

[cooltc2004]

or that Ford didnt do a great job on putting together your car......... either way really

Oh give me a break :roll:

Check to see if you have a short somewhere (trace the wire). Are the buttons lit from a bulb? Maybe your shorted them and blew the bulb?

well it was just a little joke, if you cant take a little bit of it, then really now....... domestic drivers really love to get defensive :roll:

Thats like the pot calling the kettle black :roll: :twisted:

[Arashi666]

sorry im an idiot............ what exactly does that staement mean


seriously im an idiot on these things

[cooltc2004]

Doesn't mean your an idiot, just means you haven't heard the statement before. (Im going to explain it using what I ment in this situation) It means you (imports) do basically the same thing.

[Arashi666]

Doesn't mean your an idiot, just means you haven't heard the statement before. (Im going to explain it using what I ment in this situation) It means you (imports) do basically the same thing.

ahhh.......... well thank you, ive heard it plenty of times and always wondered.... now I know

and yes, electrical problems are a problem for all cars....... American Japanese or whatever

[TSi+WRX]

Doesn't mean your an idiot, just means you haven't heard the statement before. (Im going to explain it using what I ment in this situation) It means you (imports) do basically the same thing.

+1.

And to clarify the adage "pot calling the kettle black" - think of it this way, Arashi666....

A pot is typically blacked on its base/outside from having been on the stove, right?

Now, what about a kettle? Same, right?

^ There ya go!

I, too, am ESL - English as a Second Language. My wife still needs to explain things to me some times.