430 Dash light on all the time

I just replaced my dash light faces. Turned battery off unplugged instrument cluster, changed face , plugged back in and now dash lights are always on with or without headlights on. I’m almost 99% sure it didn’t do that before, but I did have the really dark red faces before.


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All dash lights... or do some extra ones come on when you turn on the external lights?

 

It’s just the white backing light. Nothing changes when I turn on the lights. They do shut off when I turn the car off.


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See how it compares


Also the launch has a self check to check all lights etc

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I guess the lights are always on, guess I didn’t know it because I had a dark red. This new one must be a little more transparent and lets more light it. Wow that guy really redlines his car.


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The test i was talking about

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By red lining the guts out of the engine while going nowhere is how you bugger up the exhaust manifolds , when stopped very little cooling air ,

 

I just posted what I found on you tube .. that is pretty silky though .. just wanted an illustration for fstbiker .. a pic /video is worth a thousand words

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Make sure the LED lights on the new dash are facing the right way, or they might act wonky. Also, take a look at the fuses for the instrument cluster lights – a blown fuse could be the reason they won't turn off. And sometimes, a faulty dimmer switch can cause the lights to stay on.
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Nicklas, the lighting behaviour is normal (according to the experts).

Note that 430 does not have a rotary dimmer switch. There is a multifunction pushbutton panel which adjusts the lights incrementally (A "digital" input, not a potentiometer). The LED background lights don't have individual bulbs, so it's not possible to get them back to front:

https://elpanelandtape.co.uk/product/ferrari-360-f131-backlight/

I do recall faults where the gauge needles were illuminated but not the general background lighting (or perhaps it was vice versa), but I don't know how this happens.

There are no specific fuses for lights, just live battery & key power fuses for the whole instrument panel. When the external lights are turned on, an earth is put on a specific pin on the panel, but from what is written above, I see there are no changes to the lighting. The earth must only be used for the sidelight annunciator. Image Unavailable, Please Login

Looking at your other posts, I see you are a newbie offering "generic" advice for these vehicles, but, like me, you may not have had much "hands on" experience with these specific cars

 

I'm sorry, and yeah, I might be a bit short on experience. Those were just my thoughts based on what I've personally seen.