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Old 03-29-2009, 08:15 PM
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My girl just got a dc5 and her bulb for her climate control is out, how do you take out the face plate of the climate control and get those ***** off? what bulbs are they? and what is the bulb size of the front blinkers on the headlights?? I need to change those too
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http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

For you blinker bulbs and others you may need to replace.



How to remove the cluster:

Heater Control Panel Removal/Installation

NOTE:


When prying with a flat-tip screwdriver, wrap it with protective tape, and apply protective tape around the related pants, to prevent damage.
Take care not to scratch the dashboard and related parts.





Gently pry up on the heater control panel (A) to detach the clips (B, C) and to release the hooks (D), then pull out the panel.
Disconnect the climate control unit connector (E), then remove the panel





Now how to get to the bulb itself:


Climate Control Unit Bulb Replacement



Discharge the static electricity (which accumulated on you when you removed the climate control unit) by touching the door striker or other body parts.






Remove the self-tapping screws, then carefully separate the climate control unit to the display (A) and the control unit (B). Do not kink or pull on the wires between the display and the control unit. Do not touch the electronic components on the printed circuit board in the control unit.




Remove the bulb(s) with a flat-tip screwdriver.
Install the bulb in the reverse order of removal
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Dissregard the removal of the ****. You shouldn't need to do that.
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Hands down for darkstarsinner.
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lol
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Perfect, thank you; just what I was looking for.
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N/P man. Let me knwo if you need anything else.
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Yes, nicely done my man! I've had my new car for about 7 weeks now and have been too lazy to do this...now maybe I'll get off my *** and do it.

Ohio FTW!
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Lol Ohio's the **** when it's not snowing.
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nice
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If you guys need help with anything else just make the thread and send me PM of where it is, I'll help the best I can.
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might you have one of these for a 93 del sol climate control?
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I know this is unrelated but does anyone know where I can find just the turning ***** for the climate control as one of them were broken/missing when I bought my 2002 RSX. I looked all over amazon, eBay and other places online with no luck. I was told that you could easily find them but so far, no luck!
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Default Re: how do you change the climate control bulb?

Originally Posted by darkstarsinner
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

For you blinker bulbs and others you may need to replace.



How to remove the cluster:

Heater Control Panel Removal/Installation

NOTE:


When prying with a flat-tip screwdriver, wrap it with protective tape, and apply protective tape around the related pants, to prevent damage.
Take care not to scratch the dashboard and related parts.





Gently pry up on the heater control panel (A) to detach the clips (B, C) and to release the hooks (D), then pull out the panel.
Disconnect the climate control unit connector (E), then remove the panel





Now how to get to the bulb itself:


Climate Control Unit Bulb Replacement



Discharge the static electricity (which accumulated on you when you removed the climate control unit) by touching the door striker or other body parts.






Remove the self-tapping screws, then carefully separate the climate control unit to the display (A) and the control unit (B). Do not kink or pull on the wires between the display and the control unit. Do not touch the electronic components on the printed circuit board in the control unit.




Remove the bulb(s) with a flat-tip screwdriver.
Install the bulb in the reverse order of removal
Could someone provide the Honda Item number to those two light bulbs? I'm pretty sure there are 2 kinds here and I only know the one that comes in a pair.
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So two bulbs will light up all three buttons?
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Yes 2 bulbs illuminate the 3 panel buttons. I would replace both even if one still works.
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Originally Posted by NDNV
Yes 2 bulbs illuminate the 3 panel buttons. I would replace both even if one still works.
THANKS! One more question - - is this to replace the orange light that goes on when you press the button, or the background light that illuminates the button itself so you can see what the button says?
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Background lighting. Those little slits fro recirc, a/c, and rear defrost are inside those buttons. Swapping them out would be a huge PITA.
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Originally Posted by tommycrx
Background lighting. Those little slits fro recirc, a/c, and rear defrost are inside those buttons. Swapping them out would be a huge PITA.

Recently heard that our good friend Tom has passed due to COVID-19

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Woot Ohio...

There are some nice plastic interior trim tool sets on Amazon if you want to get some things to help you pry that stuff out that will be a lot more gentle with the dash and plastic trim parts. You can still break stuff, but it's not really expensive at all and Mine comes with like 10 tools for 20 different types of pry/working ends.
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