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Old 12-06-2011, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by TLtrigirl
OP's car with the overhead blue LED...probably aftermarket and installed by PO which makes it a little brighter. stock blue LED for overhead is there but you really have to look for it. its meant to be an accent not usable light.

At night, it seems to illuminate the cupholder area, so I can see where stuff is. Maybe you guys need to take more Vitamin A, lol.. J/K...
Old 12-06-2011, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by avs007
My dealer was a huge d*ck. They told me that "bulbs" were not covered under either the factory warranty, or the Acura Care extended warranty I got, and claimed that the bulb in the switch was bad as the switch still worked to turn the heaters on/off, and then claimed me something ridiculous to fix it.

I knew the bulb wasn't bad, because if you tapped the switch, the light would come on... (Mine the orange bulb intermittantly worked) So I pulled the schematic from the service manual, and showed the service department, and showed them that the schematic shows the switch was a double position double throw switch, (basically it was two switches in one. One for the heater, and one for the bulb),and that one of the poles controlled the relay for the heated seat, and the other pole was for the bulb. Since tapping on the switch makes the light come on, the switch for the bulb was intermitant/faulty. I even pointed out the warranty documentation that showed that switches were covered, and that their rationale that the switch was ok, because the heaters still worked was faulty, becuase the schematic shows the switch was double pole, meaning that the part of the switch controlling the heater was ok, but the part controlling the light was faulty. The service department still refused to fix it under warranty.
Typical stealership. Who/what dealer is this?
Old 12-06-2011, 01:13 PM
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Cool. One day I'll get around to it.
Old 12-06-2011, 04:17 PM
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Oh I thought he was saying the heated seats light lights up blue.. but oh yeah I've got the blue overhead. hmmm I didn't realize we could change those.. is it just a plug and play bulb? or does it require solder and whatnot, cause I'm not confident enough in my soldering abilities to do that haha.
Old 12-06-2011, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Falcon1772
Oh I thought he was saying the heated seats light lights up blue.. but oh yeah I've got the blue overhead. hmmm I didn't realize we could change those.. is it just a plug and play bulb? or does it require solder and whatnot, cause I'm not confident enough in my soldering abilities to do that haha.
Its a Little bulb you twist it out and put the new one in. =) it takes less then 1 minute to install the bulb.
Old 12-06-2011, 07:23 PM
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So I could change Colors ect? that'd be sweet. I'll go see if I can find a bulb thread to know what to get.
Old 12-30-2011, 10:50 AM
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Thanks everyone for the instructions. The passenger switch light is out and I will have to go get the light bulb from the dealer and set aside some time for the operation.
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Old 12-31-2011, 06:33 PM
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have the same issue with my passenger side heated seat light and my lights on the right side of my steering wheel.....i am going to ask the dealer to take a look at it next time i come in to get some service done and see what happens
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