For some reason part of my AC lights quit working. Its the ones that light up the temp slide bar and setting slide bar.


I checked to make sure the connectors were still plugged in and they are. The weird thing is that the other AC buttons light up just not the 2 slide bars. Is it just the bulb or something wrong with the unit?

 

bump because i want to know too, i havent opened up the unit yet

 

yeah, same. Mine haven't been working for years.. and I mean.. all my lights haha. I have no idea how to take thing apart.. seriously.

 

I believe you have to replace the tiny little bulbs that are in the unit. I did it on my GSR back in the day.

The bulbs should pop out easily from the top of the unit.

You can see the bulbs here

http://www.slhondaparts.com/br...=true

 

The unit has three bulbs in it. They screw into the back of it. To replace them you must take the entire climate control assembly out, which is a total pain.

http://home.mindspring.com/~re....html

this shows how to take it all apart, the bulbs are the little round plastic circles on the back of the climate control. You must turn them counterclockwise like a screw to get them out, and clockwise to put the new ones in. Don't tighten them too much because it will break the bulb.

Let me know if you need help.

 

clark is the man! lol<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sivikvtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The unit has three bulbs in it. They screw into the back of it. To replace them you must take the entire climate control assembly out, which is a total pain.

http://home.mindspring.com/~re....html

this shows how to take it all apart, the bulbs are the little round plastic circles on the back of the climate control. You must turn them counterclockwise like a screw to get them out, and clockwise to put the new ones in. Don't tighten them too much because it will break the bulb.

Let me know if you need help.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Smack the **** out of it. That'll get it working. American parts, Russian parts, all made in Taiwan!

But you need to open it up to get a better idea.

 

Its true, thats how I get mines working sometimes.

 

good lookin out..ive been smacking it to get it to turn on..i think the bulbs are just loose inside

 

Mine is burned out too, I guess a few smacks won't do any bad.

 

seems like this is a common problem cuz mine does it too and so does my buddies. we both just smack it to get it working

 

of course its a common problem. the cars are almost 15 years old bulbs dont last forever

 

how is it a bulb problem when smacking them makes it work

 

What he means is that most of our cars just have the bulbs burned out, others are probably just loose.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by honda_andy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how is it a bulb problem when smacking them makes it work</TD></TR></TABLE>

because the back of the bulb is just plastic and it has grooves on it that makes it hold onto the climate control when it is "screwed" in. The plastic becomes brittle over time and the bulb actually starts to move around, and if the metal contacts on it are not touching the climate control, the circuit is incomplete, thus no lighting. Smacking the CC gets the bulbs back in the right place. I did this for about 2 years until i just couldn't take it anymore.

 

I need to remove mine and replace the bulbs, I miss being able to see my AC lights.. now I gotta turn on my dome light to see what it's on.

 

hey heres a good write up on taking the unit out. i just did it and it took like 20 minutes. i did it to take out the circuit board and resolder the broken ones so my buttons all work right hopefully.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1377562