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I was driving home from my girlfriends the other night, and about had a heart attack...
The green backlight to the stereo console on my '97 ES has gone out. Well, all except two buttons are out. The screen that tells the disc playing etc still works, however the rest of the console has gone out.
What do I do? Is there a part to order? How hard is it to fix?
Being a perfectionist...this is annoying the he// out of me!
The green backlight to the stereo console on my '97 ES has gone out. Well, all except two buttons are out. The screen that tells the disc playing etc still works, however the rest of the console has gone out.
What do I do? Is there a part to order? How hard is it to fix?
Being a perfectionist...this is annoying the he// out of me!
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I had this problem a long while ago with the A/C console unit on my '01 ES, and I fixed it myself by replacing the affected bulbs. Here's my thread detailing this fix:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...=climate+bulbs
As you can see, the backlighting bulbs should be the same for both the stereo and A/C console units. Hope this helps out
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...=climate+bulbs
As you can see, the backlighting bulbs should be the same for both the stereo and A/C console units. Hope this helps out
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I took mine apart last fall to replace the ugly green lighting with blue leds and found that although the climate control bulbs were easy to replace, the ones in the stereo were not. They are soldered (surface mount, btw) onto the circuit board. So therefore I decided to wait until I ordered some surface mount resistors to do the radio lighting swap. I think that you might be able to fix it yourself, as long as you have some soldering skills and a lot of patience!
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my stereo lcd backlight went out, and from the previous statement it doesnt seem like a DIY if you have no soldering skills. Can anybody confirm this or does the bulbs in the stereo lcd pop in and out.
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Yea, it sucks. Now the backlight to the P R N D, etc is out. Of course, I've used various items...cell phone, pda and even my iPod to gently beat on it. Some times it even comes back on!
How do you fix that anyways...?
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Originally Posted by hottness
Yea, it sucks. Now the backlight to the P R N D, etc is out. Of course, I've used various items...cell phone, pda and even my iPod to gently beat on it. Some times it even comes back on!
How do you fix that anyways...?
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