Climate control AUTO button not illuminated?
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Drifting
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Climate control AUTO button not illuminated?
Is there a replaceble bulb behind that button? Just noticed tonight when I went to turn on the auto that the button was not there. Then realized that it is not longer illuminated like the rest of the buttons. Hope this is an easy fix.
Drifting
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From: Mont Belvieu Tx
Yeah.. well, half of my buttons no longer light, including the fact that temp display is 100% unreadable now (dark). Apparently these units commonly fail. Thus why I've drug my feet on shelling out dough on a new one. Hope yours is an easy fix.
Melting Slicks
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The lamps can be replaced. They are soldered onto the circuit board. This post has info on the replacement bulb. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...&postcount=583
You can also replace the lamps with LED's. This long running thread has lots of information on doing the conversion. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1588861
I can help you change the lamps or convert to LED's. I'll be at the Block gathering on the 20th.
Gary
Last edited by SilverC54me; Jan 15, 2008 at 01:08 AM.
Melting Slicks
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Gary
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Your "241" resistors need re-soldered on the power board. Do a search and you should find it... also there's a service compnay on Ebay that does a great job of repairing them for a good price with a warranty.
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Drifting
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That would be awesome Gary. Do you have any pics of yours? Now I gotta decide if I want to just fix this unit or do the LED upgrade. But if I do that I'd probably want to do the entire interior LED upgrade. Decisions Decisions.
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Mine was serviced just 2 months ago,and the turnaround
was very expedient.It looks like a brand new unit and the
price was quite reasonable.
Now if I could find someone to freshen up the CD player
the same way would be awesome.
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Drifting
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Do you have the information on you about who did that? And is there a source for removal/installation instructions for the HVAC?
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This is a more accurate thread addressing the problems that you all are having:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...vac+lights+out
It cost me a whopping $1200 at the stealership, and that was right before I found this place. I haven't been to the stealership since. For those of you who get this fixed under warranty, MAKE SURE YOU REQUEST TO GET YOUR AC UNIT BACK! They will keep the radio as it is an exchange item. The AC unit can be fixed (by yourself or a forum member) and kept as a spare (or you could sell it).
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Drifting
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There's a forum member who does this also. I would trust him before I went the fleabay route.
This is a more accurate thread addressing the problems that you all are having:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...vac+lights+out
It cost me a whopping $1200 at the stealership, and that was right before I found this place. I haven't been to the stealership since. For those of you who get this fixed under warranty, MAKE SURE YOU REQUEST TO GET YOUR AC UNIT BACK! They will keep the radio as it is an exchange item. The AC unit can be fixed (by yourself or a forum member) and kept as a spare (or you could sell it).
This is a more accurate thread addressing the problems that you all are having:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...vac+lights+out
It cost me a whopping $1200 at the stealership, and that was right before I found this place. I haven't been to the stealership since. For those of you who get this fixed under warranty, MAKE SURE YOU REQUEST TO GET YOUR AC UNIT BACK! They will keep the radio as it is an exchange item. The AC unit can be fixed (by yourself or a forum member) and kept as a spare (or you could sell it).
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