The dashboard lights on my car burned out, and so rather than pay hundreds at a dealer to get it fixed, I decided to do it myself. Website I talked about in …
The dashboard lights on my car burned out, and so rather than pay hundreds at a dealer to get it fixed, I decided to do it myself. Website I talked about in …
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I don’t unfortunately. I had to replace three bulbs but there were more than that. Haven’t had a problem since though.
Is there any chance you remember how many of each bulb you needed?
I’d like to get the bulbs before I rip apart the dash 😉
As an aid memoir:
General illumination: T10 base, type 194
Warning T4 base, Type 74
TIA 😀
On the Subaru there are lots of different lights for different gauges. I’m not 100% sure the answer to this. What you might try is remove the gauge cluster and check to see if you have any burnt out bulbs. If so replace them and you are good to go. If all the bulbs are good, then the LCD itself may be bad, and you’ll most likely need a new gauge cluster.
I can’t find anything in Alldata or the link you cited that addresses the odometer illumination. Does the odometer have its own bulb, or is its illumination a function of something else? Thanks.
What year and model is this? The fuel tank light went out and she has a 2005 Subaru Outback L.L. Bean Edition H6 3.0
The general illumination bulbs have a T10 base, type 194. The warning lights have a T4 base type 74. (Info found on google). What I did was take the lights out that I needed to replace and took them to an auto parts store and found the right matches.
Just wondering what the part name is exactly. I’ve called some local auto parts stores and cant seem to locate any of these bulbs. Where did you get yours?
Oh, never mind, I found it based on looking at the online instructions you have there. :p
Maybe you said this somewhere but what year and model do you have? I’ve got an ’02 WRX with a dimming bulb and I just want to know if this would work for mine as well.
It’s people like you that help the rest of us – good video!
I have no idea who that is, but no.
Are you Michael Cera? hahahaha
Thanks for making this video! It helped me figure out how to do this on my 2004 Impreza. Considering how far apart my car is from the one in the video, I was surprised that everything is very similar!
I have an 01 Impreza I took the 2 screws on the top out, lowered the steering wheel, pulled off the molding panel then removed 2 screws on bottom and one on top of the unitl itself. The trick was to play with the unit to get it out, not too bad but just as hard to get it back in. going to see if my local store has V2 bulb units ?
I watched your vid, and read comments. I have a 2001 Forrester. I was able to access the instrument cluster by only removing the two screws securing the shroud as suggested by zzirBacon. Much easier than removing all of the other surrounding panels. Its a tight fit, but with the steering wheel down, I got to it with no problem. Biggest challenge was unplugging the connectors – which I determined later didn’t have to be removed after all.
I have a 2007 impreza and last night I noticed the light where the miles are display it’s broken 🙂 I’ll wait for another one to broke to do the whole job. By the way great vid.
Thanks so much for this video mate, I needed to do the job on my 2001 Outback(Australian), and wasn’t sure I could do it but you gave me the confidence to give it a go. I installed bright blue LEDs and it now looks awesome.. thanks again!!
Ohh, okay. I have a 2005 Impreza and it worked like that for me. I guess that is one of the differences in the models.
Tried that first, doesn’t work. The trim pieces overlap so much that I couldn’t get the one that covers the gauges out without breaking it or the adjacent ones. Really wasn’t that big of a deal to take all the rest of the trim out, only took about 10 minutes or so to take apart and put back together.
You realize you didnt have to take off all of the pannels? Just unscrew the screws on the underside of the lip that covers the gagues, and lover your steering wheel and slide it out….
i just an 04 yesterday and i have burned out lights
About two hours, it goes pretty quick as long as you have everything you need when you start.
I need to start this project, but of course I am leaving on a 2-day trip tomorrow. I’m not sure how long it will take, so I might just keep using the head lamp on the dash until I get back.
How long did this take you, start to finish? Omitting the time at the parts store, of course.
I have bigger problems, like the shocks are shot.
Dude i’m sorry I meant to say for me to get the nerve to do so. I think I am capable of doing this. Thanks for making vid. I will do some research on how to do it.
Did you not watch the whole video? I show the finished dashboard with new lights at the end.
Cool now get the nerve up to do it.
Part of the problem is that once one bulb goes, all the electrical current that was going to it goes to the other bulbs, and they burn out faster. I agree, it shouldn’t happen on a 10 year old car, but it’s thankfully an easy problem to fix.
I’ve got the same problem on my 93 Legacy. I’ve never seen a car that that has its instrument cluster lights burn out that soon. Shouldn’t really happen on a 10 year old vehicle.
I don’t remember seeing the HVAC lights when I did this but you have to remove the panels covering the HVAC area to get to the dash board. I don’t have a ratchet screwdriver, I put a screw driver bit into a 1/4″ socket and that worked ok. You will definitely need to do that or the ratchet screwdriver because the screws under the ash tray have very little room for anything else. As far as a dull instrument I just used a flat blade screw driver, and worked slowly so I didn’t scratch.
I don’t remember seeing the HVAC lights when I did this but you have to remove the panels covering the HVAC area to get to the dash board. I don’t have a ratchet screwdriver, I put a screw driver bit into a 1/4″ socket and that worked ok. You will definitely need to do that or the ratchet screwdriver because the screws under the ash tray have very little room for anything else. As far as a dull instrument I just used a flat blade screw driver, and worked slowly so I didn’t scratch.
I have a ’00 Impreza in need of this. As of now, I can only see speedo & tach. No fuel or temp. Is it also possible to knock out HVAC bulbs while assembly is apart? Hazards are the only thing lit in that area anymore.
Did you have to use a ratchet screwdriver, as mentioned in the instructions you referred to? They also mentioned a dull instrument to move some of the panels. Did you find this was necessary too?
Great vid and thanks for any extra advice.
Glad you thought so!
Thanks that was helpful.
Awesome man.