Dead Lights

[tadallic]

After a putting in a new headliner i was putting the sunvisors back in and put a screw into one of the wires and my lights are super low and jumpy.....Fuse is still good ....how do I fix???

 

[electro]

Find the nick in the insulation and wrap some electrical tape around it.

Put screw in something else.

Back in business.

 

[abright52]

Depending on the damage to the wire, you may need to cut that section out and solder back together. Should cover the solder joint with heat shrink tubing.

 

[electro]

Woops, abright does have a point. An important one, the wire may have been damaged badly preventing it from carrying the proper current to the light.

The flickering is likely caused by the individual strands coming in and out of contact with each other.

If you have some solder and a gun then that would be the best fix. Make a clean cut and slide some heat shrink over one of the ends and push it out of the way. Strip some of the wire on both ends and solder the two pieces back together. Slide the heat shrink over the joint and heat it up till it shrinks. That will rejoin all the strands again as new.

 

[tadallic]

After reading the comments , I seen that screwed up my msg.... it was all my door lights overhead and footwell lights that screwed up....but i think if i splice the wires and take out the bad wire it mite work....?

 

[tadallic]

Still no lights , cut out bad part used elec tape.....but still no love....not sure what to do.........