dashboard lights replacement

dado · Post by **dado** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:32 pm

The light illuminating the speedo and the temp gauge on my 2001 2l 406 estate appeared to have blown can anyone advise please on how to go about replacing them ? ie how do u get at em to replace ? also can i get new bulbs to fit at halfords ?

Tiny Tim · Post by **Tiny Tim** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:25 pm

they're simple twist style ones mate. If you go to Halfrauds they'll destroy your wallet... best bet is to go to a scrappy like I did yesterday

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:22 pm

You can get packs of lights (without the holders, easy enough to change them over) from a Maplins store. I've made a short post here in the past with the part number in (do a quick search for it), it's about £1.50 for 3 bulbs instead of £4 each from the dealer...

missmouse · Post by **missmouse** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:24 am

Tiny Tim wrote:they're simple twist style ones mate. If you go to Halfrauds they'll destroy your wallet... best bet is to go to a scrappy like I did yesterday

Not according to haynes! they tell me the bulbs are soldered in LED's.
I was also told by someone here that the rear high level brake lamp was not LED but is is!
Maybe depends what day the car was made!

dado · Post by **dado** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:36 am

hi tanks for that im even more confused now

Tiny Tim · Post by **Tiny Tim** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:23 pm

All i knjow is my car is a '97, its got Jaegar clocks and if the bulbs I used were screw in ones (by screw in, i dont mean like a ceiling bulb, they have a little plastic base the bulb sits in).

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:24 pm

missmouse wrote:Not according to haynes! they tell me the bulbs are soldered in LED's.

Maybe the ones for the odometer or the centre console buttons, but the rest of the dashboard is definitely screw-in incandescent bulbs

Here is the post with the maplins part number: viewtopic.php?t=1707

sozuak · Post by **sozuak** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:27 pm

I'm the owner of a 2002 model sv bva 2.0. One and half month ago I removed front panel and indicator assembly to clean inside the front plastic from the dust. I saw that the lightning based on leds completely.

dado · Post by **dado** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:51 am

hi seems to be a great deal of opinion re these lights haynes says no bulbs in instrument panel owners say there are? I wonder if those cunning peugeot people changed the instrument illumination spec around about 1999 on mk2 facelift 406s

michaeljclark · Post by **michaeljclark** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:39 am

mjb wrote:You can get packs of lights (without the holders, easy enough to change them over) from a Maplins store. I've made a short post here in the past with the part number in (do a quick search for it), it's about £1.50 for 3 bulbs instead of £4 each from the dealer...

Blimey

I went to the local Main Stealers and purchased just the bulbs (without holders) for 17p each for my D8 - replaced the whole lot (there are 2 different types - 1 does all the "function lights" ie. hand brake, headlight, indicator etc and the other the actual dash illumination) and I had change from a fiver!!! May I suggest W J King in sidcup for those who want genuine puggy lights at non wallet emptying proces!!!!!

dado · Post by **dado** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:46 pm

confused here replaced warning lights in instrument panel but on looking at speedo tacho and temp fuel gauges they do not appear to have a bulbs or holders on the back appears to be lit from within any of you guys with d9s able to throw any info on these buggers

michaeljclark · Post by **michaeljclark** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:03 pm

dado wrote:hi i took instrument panel out of my pug hooray haynes got it wrong!!!!!! they are capless bulbs not as they said soldered leds what a shower! Ive replaced them with maplins ones woohoo

Nice one

missmouse · Post by **missmouse** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:36 pm

my haynes manual says these are LED's & cant be replaced? Sounds unlikely that you would have to buy a new instrument panel just cos some bulbs blow?

missmouse · Post by **missmouse** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:39 pm

Ok im gonna take out the clocks this wekend just to find out once & for all!
Ill post findings & see if I can take some pix as PROOF!

Tiny Tim · Post by **Tiny Tim** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm

Fancy a small wager?