Steering Wheel, Radio And Ac Lights Burning Out

[century7]

Hi all,

 

 

New to this forum, but did some lurking before i finally decided to join. I tried searching for the anwser to my question but could not find what i was looking for so hoping you guys can help me out.

 

 

I have a 2007 chevy Silverado Classic with 80k plus miles. During warranty got a few of the controls on my steering wheel replaced as well as a new head unit for my stereo. Since i have been off of warranty i have had more steering control buttons stop lighting up, one or two lights on my radio have now gone dark and finally the other day the control on my a/c unit that you use to contol the temp

(the one you slide up and down for cool or hot air) stopped working. I have talked to other people with GM full size trucks and none of them appear to have the same problem as me. My driving is primarily 75% day and 25% night, only reason i mention this is i do not keep the lights on all the time. Any insight you could provde would be most appreciated, i am mainly trying to see if there anything i can do to stop more lights from burning out. Maybe a short somewhere........i do not know.

 

Thanks!

[asc08]

I don't have the steering wheel controls in mine, but I do have a couple of lights in my radio and HVAC control unit out. There have been a number of writ-ups on replacing the bulbs, either with incandescent or LED.

 

I believe that if you do a Google search, there are outfits out there who will replace the bulbs in your radio and HVAC, and I don't believe it is too expensive.

 

Also, if I recall correctly, your truck will be driveable without the HVAC control unit and radio installed while they are out getting repaired.

[hrspwr]

If you are good with a soldering iron, then these are the bulbs that I put in mine once they started to burn out. Been working for about a year now.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...oductId=2103780

[century7]

Thanks for the replies. How difficult is it to take the face plates off to gain access to the internal lights inside? I am pretty confident i can solder them. Also in regards to the steering wheel controls, those look a little more difficult to gain access to, how would you get to those?

[tyhuck]

Its a common problem. If you want to prevent it from happening again, go LED when you replace the bulbs.