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Old Sep 13, 2021 | 04:05 PM
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On my 2002 C5 corvette the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel that control the information you select by pressing 1 Fuel 2 Gauges 3 Trip 4 Options and so on, on mine all the lights are out. Is there a way to change these without removing the entire instrument panel cluster? Thanks in advance.
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The cluster has to come out to replace the bulbs.

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Originally Posted by Marco 1976
On my 2002 C5 corvette the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel that control the information you select by pressing 1 Fuel 2 Gauges 3 Trip 4 Options and so on, on mine all the lights are out. Is there a way to change these without removing the entire instrument panel cluster? Thanks in advance.
A few years ago my DIC completely failed. I had to have the cluster rebuilt. It is an all afternoon job to get the cluster out, but it is a good opportunity to replace all of your lighting with new LED bulbs and service your HUD if it needs it. Mine did. It was a lot of work, but I made it worth my time by cleaning all the HVAC ducts, applying squeak tape to quiet the dash down and replace a seized passenger side blend door. One thing that will really help is a flexible bit holder like this one from Home Depot.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-11...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

It is worth its weight in gold!

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