V40 1998: instrument panel lights

kotkaste · Post by **kotkaste** » 13 Aug 2010, 03:47

One bulb proving the light for the instrument panel is working randomly, looks like a bad contact. Once it turns on, it stays on, but many times it doesn't turn on. The bulb is between the center and the right end of the instrument panel. (I will attach a picture if the position is relevant).
How to get there to fix it?

Offtopic: funny, I had exactly the same problem with my previous car, an old Audi 100...

Post by **billofdurham** » 16 Aug 2010, 12:40

Hopefully, this will help.

1998 V40 instrument panel bulb replacement.pdf: (175.82 KiB) Downloaded 1003 times

No idea about an Audi.

Bill.

kotkaste · Post by **kotkaste** » 17 Aug 2010, 12:00

Thank you, I guess it is quite informative. I am just not sure if I would have to follow all the steps in the document because I don't need to replace any bulb, just to make the better contact for the backlight. It is only the backlight that is causing problems, as in attached picture.

: Backlight not working.

kotkaste · Post by **kotkaste** » 18 Aug 2010, 00:02

No idea about an Audi.

Bill.

No need to fix Audi's problem, that car doesn't belong to me since long time

Post by **billofdurham** » 18 Aug 2010, 12:17

I agree you won't need to do all of the steps but you do need to get the instrument cluster out as, looking at the photo, you have at least one bulb out. When you pull the cluster you should be able to replace the bulbs as outlined on the last page of the file.

Bill.

kotkaste · Post by **kotkaste** » 21 Aug 2010, 05:03

Thank you, Bill.