does anyone know how to replace the lights on the "off" and "auto" buttons for the climate control panel? also what type of bulbs do they take? thanks!!

 

the lights are easy to replace. the dash panel comes off with the removal of maybe 3 screws (two above the gauges and 1 just to the left of the center console once you pull the kick panel off IIRC). the lights are mounted right in back of it when you flip it over.

as far as what bulbs to use, if you hope over to the parts website here you can search by your model through the parts lists. it should be listed under climate control or something similiar. the pictures will have an illustration number which will refer you to a list with part numbers. this place is great for every part you could need.

a word of advice though, when you remove the dash panel you will probably blow other lights, so buy several because you may end up needing to replace them.

 

do you have navi? i do and several of my buttons don't light up. i did manage to get the temp selector to light up after hitting the panel pretty hard. also, when i went to the acura parts site i only found one bulb. doesn't really make sense.

let me know what happens!

 

well, after some searching i've decided to do the led conversion and ordered 100 hyperwhite led's... so ill be waiting for these and when i get home to work on the TL i can knock it out all at once seeing how ill have the dash apart...

 

cool, keep us updated!

 

Are those Hyper white LED pre-soldered? or straight plug'n play. If they are pnp, where did you buy them from. Thanks,

RJ

 

X2.

Also someone above said that by removing the dash you blow out lights? Is that common? I've removed mine like 5 times recently because I had to replace my clock twice and twice because I had to fix my gauges, and a bunch of climate control lights are burnt out. I also bought LEDS so I guess I'm ready to swap them out.

 

no they aren't pnp I'm planning on buying a whole lot of the tiny little fixtures they go into and solder them up before I rip my dash apart so I won't have too much downtime

 

actually yeah it's pretty common. i started a thread on that issue maybe a year or two ago and i was told that it's expected.

SSTS