shift light not lighting up

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

#1 (permalink)

08-24-2018, 09:38 AM

cooper16

Thread Starter

Join Date: Jan 2018

Location: Springfield

Age: 63

Posts: 12

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

shift light not lighting up

Hi anybody know why shift indicator light on dash doesn't work? Thanks

Reply Like

#2 (permalink)

08-29-2018, 01:37 PM

Larry Hitze

Senior Member

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: Lafayette, Indiana

Age: 66

Posts: 2,374

Likes: 2

Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

I've had my manual 2004 Crossfire for 11 years and I am not aware of any light lighting up when it is time to shift.

Reply Like

#3 (permalink)

08-29-2018, 01:49 PM

ZERACER

Senior Member

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: Orange County CA.

Posts: 5,482

Likes: 3

Received 339 Likes on 299 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

I think he has an automatic.

Reply Like

#4 (permalink)

08-29-2018, 10:53 PM

Larry Hitze

Senior Member

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: Lafayette, Indiana

Age: 66

Posts: 2,374

Likes: 2

Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZERACER

I think he has an automatic.

Well there you go! All I was thinking about was my Manual.

Reply Like

#5 (permalink)

08-30-2018, 08:46 AM

cooper16

Thread Starter

Join Date: Jan 2018

Location: Springfield

Age: 63

Posts: 12

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

yes it's automatic I've seen it on others the letters P when in Park , N when in neutral, D when in drive etc, I don't know about the manual transmission letters are just like the other read outs odometer etc, style anybody know what makes it work? Thank you Cooper15

Reply Like

#6 (permalink)

08-30-2018, 09:33 AM

onehundred80

Senior Member

Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: Ontario

Age: 84

Posts: 25,364

Likes: 62

Received 534 Likes on 451 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooper16

Seems the indicator is controlled by the gear shifter, has it got wet any time lately?

There may be a wire coming from it as well, maybe that is loose.

Reply Like

#7 (permalink)

08-30-2018, 10:40 AM

pizzaguy

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Age: 64

Posts: 13,450

Likes: 185

Received 878 Likes on 684 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

Quote:

Originally Posted by onehundred80

Seems the indicator is controlled by the gear shifter, has it got wet any time lately?

There may be a wire coming from it as well, maybe that is loose.

No, I think the gear the car is in comes to the instrument cluster via the CAN bus, remember, you can up/down shift the car and the display changes.

Reply Like

#8 (permalink)

08-30-2018, 05:13 PM

onehundred80

Senior Member

Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: Ontario

Age: 84

Posts: 25,364

Likes: 62

Received 534 Likes on 451 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

Quote:

Originally Posted by pizzaguy

No, I think the gear the car is in comes to the instrument cluster via the CAN bus, remember, you can up/down shift the car and the display changes.

Others have fixed it by changing the gear shifter after spilling drinks on theirs and the LCD was just s black square.
when he says light up does he mean light up with s bulb?In which case the bulb close to it is out.

Last edited by onehundred80; 08-30-2018 at 05:17 PM.

Reply Like

#9 (permalink)

08-31-2018, 09:54 AM

cooper16

Thread Starter

Join Date: Jan 2018

Location: Springfield

Age: 63

Posts: 12

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Re: shift light not lighting up

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooper16

Hi where is can bus? I've only own the crossfire a few months still learning about it and love it, it 's the shift indicator letters that dont work, should be right next to the clock numbers everything else works Thank you

Reply Like