Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 97 1.2 dash lights

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Sun 3 Jan 2010 20:05
97 1.2 dash lights - vin
Hi, The illumination of the heater controls has never worked while Ive owned the car. So the other day I removed the heater panel to access the bulbs , all three had gone. After replacing them I noticed they only work through the ignition, the speedo illumination works when the lights are on. does anyone know if this is normal? thanks.
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Sun 3 Jan 2010 20:24
97 1.2 dash lights - Victorbox
While delving around in the All Corsa forum to get the info on replacing the heater bulbs tinyurl.com/y9yr893 someone there commented that they only work with the ignition on. This is consistent with my old Cavalier where the heater illumination came on with the ignition not through the light switch.
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Sun 3 Jan 2010 20:44
97 1.2 dash lights - Victorbox
Vin - I have to replace the same bulbs on my daughter's Corsa B so I'd be interested to know how long it took and how easy you felt it was to do?
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Sun 3 Jan 2010 22:58
97 1.2 dash lights - vin
Thanks victorbox and elekie, As fitting goes rotate the two centre vents down then lever them out from the side. Behind the vents are two retaining screws. then pull off the recirc knob, flick out the small panel behind the knob, this will expose the two lower securing screws. Now the heater panel can be pulled forward ,pull it slightly until you can access the cables for the heater controls, there are four of these, they unclip using your fingers. [note the cable ends are colored black ,brown ,yellow ,grey make a note of which goes where.] finally unplug the multiplug behind the HRW switch, now remove the whole panel. Flip the panel over, the illumination bulbs are held in a black plastic holder about three inches long. it holds three bulbs, This just unclips .The bulbs are the tiny capless type 1.2w about 80p each from vauxhall and simply pull out and push into the holder. The jobs straight forward ,refitting the cables can be fidly, it shouldnt take more than half an hour. Hope this helps.
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Sun 3 Jan 2010 20:27
97 1.2 dash lights - elekie&a/c doctor
Yes ,this is normal.Crazy idea as they are on all the time.That's why most Corsa b model heater control lights don't work.It can be changed ,but means a re-work of the wiring to the panel,not an easy job as the circuit runs via the hrw switch.hth


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