My IP dimmer was working for the last 3 weeks I had the car, then suddenly went out. I checked the 5 amp fuse, it was blown, replaced it with another 5 amp, blew that, so I replaced with a 15 amp... Worked for a minute, then turned off. The 15 amp isn't blown so I tried a 5 again and the lights didn't come on and the fuse wasn't blow.... Did I possibly blow the lights by trying the 15 amp fuse?

Also, the lights that light up my P R N D 2 1 on my shifter, which are ran off the same fuse, are out too.

Any solutions?

 

Sounds like you had a short, and by putting in an over rated fuse (higher than called for), you may have now toasted the wire. I kinda doubt you would have blown the bulbs, as an electrical short doesn't create a power spike (excess voltage surge above the bulbs rating). You're going to need to go tracing the wires that lead to and from the dimmer and see if you can find any wire that looks broken, discolored, or that may have a weak flexible spot. Or possibly the dimmer itself is bad. Poke around with a test light at the dimmer connections and see if there's any power there. By the way, over rating a fused circuit is a good way to start a carbeque.

 

a common place for shorts for camaros is for the ashtray. It is easy to get caught in something and when mine went out so did about 5 other bulbs

 

What do you mean for the ashtray?

 

sorry meant the bulb in the ashtray

 

Debris, foil, etc. in the cigarette lighter/power outlet could have been another thing to look for. I think you're beyond having just a simple short at this point though.

 

 

Should have followed the smoke trail when the oversize fuse was used. lol
Using an oversize fuse is a good way to start an electrical fire. Being that the dimmer no longer worked after the large fuse blew, it is an indication that whatever was causing or feeding the overload condition burned out, most likely a wire, or a connector, or whatever else was attached to the circuit. Now you have the task of finding the bad spot.