Steering Wheel Control Switch W/ LED Bulbs Where to buy

lryfer · October 30, 2014

My 2006 Silverado has 3 of the 4 bulbs on the steering wheel switches burned out. Anyone know where to buy new ones with red LED?

I do not have the tools to put them in myself as others have.

thanks in advance for guidance on where to buy and if they are really worth the LED vs. GM OEM.

PapaJohn · January 13, 2015

I also have a 06 Silverado, LT Crew Cab. Have gauge lights out, steering wheel lights out and climate control lights out. I found several people on Craigslist in my area and on Ebay around the states, that offer to do this repair. I have an appt this week, guy says it is about 1.5 hours and maybe $100 total so not too expensive. All my gauges work just getting lights replaced with blue LED's, Steering wheel controls all still worked just having the same LED's installed, same with the climate control, just light R&R to LED's.

Only problem I ran into was the darn wheel switches have very short wire harnesses (especially the lower 2) and now I will have to R&R the wheel to get at the whole harness as the wires pulled out of the plugs. Not a show stopper but just a pain in the arse. More reading ahead of time would have told me to remove the wheel first / best solution. Sometimes there is enough harness to just pop out the switch but not in my truck. Lesson learned.

Also found many options on Ebay for parts to make the repairs myself if I wanted to try/ had the tools and felt comfortable with that repair. YouTube has several videos that are very informative and show exactly what is needed to be done.