Q: Clock air conditioner/heater and interior lights won't come on
Started car lights on a/c / heater flickerd but worked. Clock never came on and interior lights never came on. Checked fuses not blown changed it anyway. Now heater and clock and interior lights don't come on.
My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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