1999 Cav, 2.5 z24

Bought this car a few months back - noticed check-engine, oil, other lights not coming on when starting (ie: usually come on as a check)

Pulled the dash, cluster, pulled off the circuit board in the back and found the lights were broke off. Almost ALL the lights - which is suspicous to me. (the standard flash/running lights are fine, incl. the lights for the gears, etc)

Anyways, these "little" indicator lights are soldered into the board - and I don't have a fine point iron.
I was thinking of pulling one from the wreckers if possible. Not sure if this poses a problems (ie: total Km on car).

Anyone have any ideas? Why would someone break ALL the lights - could the board have shorted and left all the lights on?


Thanks for your help.

Well, no one seems to have answers here.

I've done some research - it seems it is possible that a grounding problem (battery to fender) could cause all the indicator lights to stay lit. Breaking the lights may be the previous rip-off artist's way of fixing this problem.
Has anyone hit this problem? What was the cure?

Anyways, I'll try to find another circuit board at a wreckers - maybe the whole gauge cluster. I'm thinking as soon as I swap it, my cluster will light up like a christmas tree.
If you do a guage-cluster swap - what about the odometer reading - or does that come from the computer?

Well, if anyone has any ideas, appreciate it.

check the bulbs or i say someone put tape over them on the back side so they wouldn't light up or the cluster is going bad.