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speedo and heater dashboard lights
« on: June 06, 2012, 09:40:13 AM »
anybody changed one of these lights? my heater light dosent work at all except for the lights in the top buttons for the defroster and air circulation selection, the fan and red/blue heat light dosent work, i also have a burnt bulbs on the lower numbers of the speedo. also what type of bulb do they use?

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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2012, 01:40:17 PM »
The heater bulb is a dealer only item and if I recall correctly, the speedo bulb are a 5W baseless wedge (also used in the front park lamps).
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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2012, 02:37:06 PM »
yup your right on the speedo bulb, it was fairly easy to change, but for the heater...man that was quite a rig!! had to take off the radio, the vent linkage then take the heater switches and all apart(in three pieces if im not mistaken) i took out the green covers off all the bulbs, now its brighter and to me look cooler.

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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2012, 03:39:52 PM »
You're kidding me right?  You took all of that apart to get to the bulbs?  Here's how I do it - take the radio out, push the heater controls back & down, and then reach in and take the bulb out.

Incidentally - since you took it apart - how many bulbs did you find in the heater controls?  Parts manual shows two, but I've only been able to find one.
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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2012, 05:59:24 AM »
Ebay has bulbs...
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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2012, 04:16:23 PM »
Ebay has lots of bulbs - specifically which one are you referring to?  The speedo bulbs are available at the corner parts store (and yes, on ebay), but, if you're telling me you can find the heater bulb any place other than a Suzuki/Tracker dealership - I'm going to say - SHOW ME!.

By the way - the one in my car came from ebay - but - it's not the right one - sure, I made it fit and work, but it's not the right one.
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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2012, 07:09:53 PM »
there is two of them, both was burnt, one is easy to take out but the other has to be taken apart to change, that was the worst one to change, for the vent selection they have a yellow light but does the picture lights up as well? mine dosent and hard to see them at night

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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2012, 07:21:52 PM »
Ahhh - does your vent selector use pushbuttons or sliders?

Mine is pushbutton and the icons do light - the top bulb takes care of that.
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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2012, 08:56:36 PM »
Ahhh - does your vent selector use pushbuttons or sliders?

Mine is pushbutton and the icons do light - the top bulb takes care of that.

yeah the push button, they have light in the little square but not the icon itself, aww i hate taking that piece apart, i dint pay attention were that light is. hope its easy to change.

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Re: speedo and heater dashboard lights
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2012, 06:38:12 AM »
There are LEDs to show which button is selected, and a single bulb that lights all the icons - that bulb goes in from the top of the control assembly - if you remove the radio & the vent bezel, you can remove three screws and push the control assembly back & down into the radio space, and get access to the bulb that way.

You'll see a hole with a black plastic cap, twist the cap 1/4 turn and lift it out.
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