Dear all, What a great club! As a result of my inquiry about the reasons for my dark dashboard, I now have (courtesy of Mark, Bruce, Joe, Ken, Richard, Mike, Deana, and John) enough diagnostic work to keep me busy for two weeks! Apparently I need to check everything except the spare tire pressure, and that couldn't hurt either. Seriously, many thanks for all the help, and I'll report on the results shortly. Incidentally, Memo to John: The tranny buttons work fine, and I'll check the heater controls. The lights have been out since I got the car about nine months ago; I assumed it was the power pack and replaced that, but no cigar. Thanks again- - Frank This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient.