dashboard light bulb replacement
dashboard light bulb replacement
One of my dashboard lights is out (the light that comes on when the headlights are turned on; not the warning lights on the dashboard). The local Chrysler dealership quoted $204 to replace one bulb, telling me that the entire dashboard needs to be removed. Surely, the engineers must have anticipated that bulbs would need to be replaced and had the foresight to provide for some simple procedure. Is the dealership correct, and if not, does anyone know how to inexpensively replace a bulb?
Re: dashboard light bulb replacement
Originally Posted by GatorLCA
I heard that if you pull the steering wheel out as far as it can go you have access to the panel. Search for dash bulb and it might come up but someone here has done it.
http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/R170InstClusterBulbs
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Re: dashboard light bulb replacement
Originally Posted by FP
Shouldn't this be covered by your warranty?
Re: dashboard light bulb replacement
Originally Posted by GatorLCA
I heard that if you pull the steering wheel out as far as it can go you have access to the panel. Search for dash bulb and it might come up but someone here has done it.
Re: dashboard light bulb replacement
Originally Posted by msheredy
I ran across this site. It sounds like the dealership was close.
http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/R170InstClusterBulbs
http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/R170InstClusterBulbs
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Re: dashboard light bulb replacement
alipsa,
A simple disconnect of the negative battery terminal is MORE than enough to prevent discharge of the airbags.
It's also the main precaution when doing any wiring work.
When you are changing a dash illumination bulb, you will be unplugging things, so it's better to have all power disconnected.
By disconnecting the ground wire from the battery, you are leaving no return path to the battery to complete a circuit. Even if a hot wire fell across a bare metal surface (not likely in a new car) it would not be able to complete the circuit.
The warning was not meant to make you afraid... it was meant to inform you.
A simple disconnect of the negative battery terminal is MORE than enough to prevent discharge of the airbags.
It's also the main precaution when doing any wiring work.
When you are changing a dash illumination bulb, you will be unplugging things, so it's better to have all power disconnected.
By disconnecting the ground wire from the battery, you are leaving no return path to the battery to complete a circuit. Even if a hot wire fell across a bare metal surface (not likely in a new car) it would not be able to complete the circuit.
The warning was not meant to make you afraid... it was meant to inform you.
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