Does anyone know how to get at this, and what bulb it uses?
I've just noticed it's not illuminated, althought the adjacent HRW switch is. I'm in OCD mode, and want to get it working.
The handbook throws no illumination (sorry!) on the subject, and the only Haynes I can find is an Aussie one which I've had on order since Feb.
I thought I'd ask before I attack the dashboard and break something.
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Hi,
My advice is to leave it be. These lamps start to go after about 10 years. Best off leaving it - removing bits of dashboard could cause other more serious faults, or annoying rattles. Think of it as a quirk of the car!!!
Regards,
Rob E
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Thanks Rob E.
But I wouldn't listen, would I? I had to waste a couple of hours of my life finding out the illumination is part of the switch, which is (was?) a Kia part, and not a seperate bulb that can be replaced.
For the archive:
Remove the five self-tapping screws holding the instrument binnacle (three under the top, two under the bottom). Remove the five screws under the steering column shroud (note the far back LH one is not a self tapper, but a machine screw into a thread cut into the steering wheel lock). Seperate the two halves of the steering wheel shroud and remove, this will allow the binnacle to be pulled far enough forward to access the switch. The electrical connector pulls off after pressing down on a tab. The switch can be removed after pressing tabs above and below the switch (a pink fluffy dice pig to do). Do not be tempted to dismantle the switch!!! It can be re-assembled after about another hour of fiddling about. In best Haynes tradition - replacement is a reverse of dismantling.
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