wasn't really sure where to put this but last night on my way home from work i noticed this...



anyone know what would cause the climate control face to not light up all the way? i re-painted my dash trim a few days ago, i took it all back out to see if i had somehow messed up any wires but everything looks ok. i dont even know how long its been like that. any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

One of the lights is out.

 

ah ok thanks...never even thought of that. do you know what kind of light it is? id like to replace it but can't find anything about it in the cars manual.

 

Unless someone else has torn it apart before and knows the correct size, GM would be ur best bet to finding out would be my guess. If it were me tho, I'd just take the thing apart and take the burnt out bulb with me to like autozone or somewhere like that and look for the replacement

 

Chances are that it's some kind of weird tiny bulb that you can't normally buy. GM frequently does that with lights for controls and switches and stuff. I would probably take it apart and find the blown bulb and see what it looks like, then see if it can be bought in stores. If it can't, I'd start asking scrapyards around you for the HVAC control unit to replace yours with.

 

OR...buy aftermarket LED's and put those in there instead. That would prolly be the easiest route

 

there in dash led's... guy's on the RLforums have been switching them out for colored light's for MONTH'S... DO IT!!!!!!! ( a custom color)

 

ya mine is liek that too..never thought anything of it but i guess that side likes ot burn out? lol

 

now that i've noticed it it's really going to bug me lol i'll probably end up taking it apart sometime today and check out autozone to see if i can find a replacement. if they dont have it i know of a junk yard close by that has a few cobalts there according to their site, thats looking like more of an option right now. led's are pretty sweet but i dont have the know-how to do it or else i would.

 

LED's are really simple man. When you take your HVAC apart to get at the bulb, you'll see what I mean. Basically, you just buy a single LED to replace that one, or more to do all of them if you want. It's two connections and that's it. May have to solder a bit, but I'm not sure cuz I've never seen the inside of the HVAC stuff. But, it's really really simple to do.

 

well in that case i'll definately keep that in mind im already redoing my cars interior, if led's are that easy i may just switch to those too, something to think about if i cant find this odd little bulb...or replacement controls for that matter.

 

go the the redline forums.. they have a how to which will help as far as wiring.. not with disassembly of course..

 

well...i fixed it. i took the face plate off to see what kind of bulb it was and out of curiosity gave the bulb a lil tap and it came back on! sweet! thanks for the help guys without it i never would have thought to take the thing apart

 

Good glad it's fixed sweetie.

 

i have a spare circuit board that is for back there with two bulbs left on it, i need one, but you can have the other if youd like....
if you can solder you can put it on lol

oh, well nevermind

 

im glad its fixed too because i wasn't really looking forward to driving all the way out to autozone only to find out they didnt have what i needed

hey thanks for the offer though! definately appreciated

 

np
we just had to do this for a buddy and i need one for the gfs car haha