1996 Audi A4 Dash lights....

[wiliferus]

Hi all,


Just taken possession of a 1996 A4 1.9tdi. Its a bit of a snotter, 162k on the clocks, but drives like a dream, and is immaculate inside and out so i'm happy.

The only niggling things thats annoying me so far are missing lights!!

Behind the dials one or two lights have failed so the dash is quite dim, same on the climate control panel...the one which tells me the set temp has gone so its very difficult to read.

Two questions, are they easy to replace or is a dash removal job.

Secondly, is it the panelling thats red, or the bulbs, cos if i'm gonna go to the hassle of taking it all apart, i have a strange hankering for blue....

Thanks for your help!

[The Riddler]

I've just asked this to in my thread, so will keep my eye on this incase it gets answered here first.

[Pablo16v]

The bulbs behind the climate control windows on my '96 A4 were clear and I guess the dash lights will be as well. I had the same problem and I was able to replace the climate control bulbs myself using intructions and photos found on the web. I had a quick search just now but couldn't find the site with the instructions but if I recall there were two screws behind the stereo fascia to remove the trim. There were then two further screws holding the climate control unit in place. Once this was removed the 4 bulbs were visible with green flat blade screw driver caps. The inner two were for the displays and outer two for the control buttons.

[wiliferus]

Nice one, cheers!

[The Riddler]

Just stumbled across your thread on VWAudi forum.. Is there not a how to on there?

I'm about to register to see whats what.

[The Riddler]

Anyone got any idea about these things?

[Dr G]

I know I say this all the time but Cluster Repairs UK also do colour changes and repairs for climate control displays if you don't want to do it yourself.

[The Riddler]

Hi OP, did you manage to get it sorted?

I found a rather good how-to guide, took me less than 30 mins including nipping to buy the bulbs!

[wiliferus]

Nope, not sorted yet - just not had a chance to do it, my plate is somewhat full at the moment!

Would really appreciate the easy guide you have found? Is it t'internet accessable?

[The Riddler]

wiliferus said:

Nope, not sorted yet - just not had a chance to do it, my plate is somewhat full at the moment!

Would really appreciate the easy guide you have found? Is it t'internet accessable?

You'll need to register, but its on this page when you do!

http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?...