silverbird

Anyone know what this little blue bulb is for?
Found it on the driver side foot well carpeting as I was about to vacuum the interior.
Car is a 2002 Z06.
Silverbird

chris308

Previous owner did LED swap in all of the interior buttons i.e door switched, DIC, A/H, etc... must have dropped an OEM one.

silverbird

Nope, I'm the previous owner.....There was no LED swap.
Everything seems to be lighting up.
It might take a while to figure out what this bulb is for and/or where it came from.
Thanks,
Silverbird

ztheusa

Isn't "high beam" blue?

pjdbm

one of the DIC bulbs or door bulbs. Just check closely which one is missing or out

silverbird

Thanks to all.
Hopefully the door....Much easier to get to.
Silverbird

zachaeous

There is a bulb like that in the traction control panel that is located in the front on the console compartment.

ArmchairArchitect

That's a T4 Neo Wedge bulb. Used for the Active Handling button (lights it up) but believe these types of bulbs are used elsewhere in the car. If you search the forum for 'T4 bulb' you should see what the possibilities are.

Tsumi

Fog/trunk button, active handling, door switches, DIC and HUD buttons, and possibly radio and climate control.

mrlmd

I found a bulb like that on my floor too, it was the top bulb of my DIC gauge buttons, and I had never been in there before, it just spontaneously appeared on the floor near the gas pedal. What a PIA to replace it.

knewblewkorvette

Considering you found it on the driver's side floor, my bet is the trunk/hatch button light bulb. If it is, easy to put back in. If it's a DIC bulb, well, that's more of a bitch to do.

Vetteman Jack

Hope you find where the bulb came from - sounds like a lot of possible locations.

silverbird

Found it....DIC buttons....#1 "FUEL" and #2 "GAGES" buttons are dark.
Wondering if these 2 are lit by one bulb or two?
Does the gauge cluster have to be unplugged and completely removed to access these bulbs or can you tilt it forward enough without unplugging to remove and replace the bulb.
Silverbird

zachaeous

Yes one bulb per two buttons. I removed the cluster completely to change the button bulbs to LEDs. If my memory serves me the bezel has to come completely off the cluster to access the bulbs.

GCG

knewblewkorvette

yep on all counts

silverbird

Looks like there's a dash teardown in my future.
I'll be doing the LED bulb upgrade.
So there are 3 bulbs for the DIC buttons and 3 bulbs for the HUD control on the opposite side?
Thanks,
Silverbird

pjdbm

yes, you can buy a whole kit that includes most of the bulbs

remove battery cable before you start

zachaeous

I purchased my set from here JW Motoring, a forum vendor. $20.98 shipped for the whole set.

http://www.jwmotorsportsllc.com/C5-H...Kit_p_161.html

Tsumi

Which is really a ripoff. Those LEDs are $7 for 20 on Ebay.