Heater dashboard lights?

[montanaman]

Hey ... my '91 XJ has heater controls that look like this:

http://www.montanasoft.com/images/jeep/dash.jpg

At night, it doesn't light up with the rest of the dash.

Is it supposed to light up, or is it normal for it to remain dark?

Thanks!!

[Rev Den]

Nope...iit should light-up...mine has been out for 5 years now.

Rev

[montanaman]

Any ideas on how to fix it? I probably has more than one light bulb, right?

If it has more than one bulb, it's not likely all the bulbs would go out at the same time.

[Rev Den]

Replace the bulbs....i think there is 2, but I did not notice when 1 went out.

Rev

[HaleYes]

You'll likely break it upon removal. I did mine. The wonderful guys that designed the wiring harness left absolutely zero slack in it for removal. So, when you try to pull out on the unit, the bulb socket snaps break, I remember only one bulb but it was quite a while ago, I may be wrong. The one bulb was on the right hand side of the unit.

Now, my expirences were with a 96, you might have enough slack inthe harness for an easy R&R.

Best of luck.


Hale

[jrock]

First pop off the dash bezel, then 4 screws hold the heater controls in place. My '87 had very little slack as well, and there was one bulb on the righthand side. It is a twist-lock type socket. Bulb #74. 10 minute fix at max.

[anodyne33]

Mine turns on with a gentle smack to the center of the unit. True story.

[Jeep914x4]

Yup, there is one bulb in there. Like other said, the wiring is a little short but not hard to get too.

MIne burnt out about a year ago. It took me a while to even realize it was out....